On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 01:16:52PM -0700, Jonathan Walther wrote: > On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 09:55:27PM +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote: > >>The burden of evidence is on you. I'd like to see your proofs. > > > >How about statements from the people who have decided not to participate > >because of the culture? How many would convince you? > > Our culture is our own. Every entity has a right to it. When in Rome, > do as the Romans do. An attempt to turn Rome into Carthage is a hostile > act, and I see it as such.
Some might see it as a beneficial act, especially if you stopped electing horses as senators. > > If our culture is preventing us from doing a good job, tell us. That's exactly what I'm hoping to get some idea of. In the meantime, sniping from the sidelines doesn't make it any easier. > >>That isn't evidence of discrimination against women, only evidence that > >>men and women have differing interests. I know that ideologically you > >>are committed to the view that women should have penises, so I don't > >>expect good logic based on real facts to make any dint in your attempts > >>to remake Debian in the mould of your ideology du jour. > > > >I'd try and point out the number of fallacies in your paragraph above, but > >to be perfectly honest with you, I just couldn't be bothered. You won't > >actually read anything I write except to work out some way to spew another > >load of your own ideological bullshit. > > Sounds like the facts of hard reality are giving you a headache. The No, your unfounded assumptions are annoying the hell out of me. > headache could go away quite easily; just open your eyes and reexamine > your commitment to hundred year old ideologies. I'll do that if you do the same for yours. - Matt
