-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/18/08 16:27, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2008-03-18, Ron Johnson penned: >> On 03/18/08 15:05, Paul Johnson wrote: >>> What outcry? Ron's got a point. Seems like all the ladies went to >>> debian-women or something. >> Serena Cantor & Michelle Konzack are the only two that I can think >> of on this list. And debian-women doesn't seem very busy. >> >> If women are so weak that they can't stand up for themselves when >> guys start to get rude and obnoxious, there are bigger problems >> afoot. > > Perhaps that should be > > s/If women are so weak they can't/If women have better things to do > than/
That can be (and has been) debated endlessly, but is even further OT than the current thread. > But I don't really know, just having noticed this subthread right > abotu now, and not sufficiently motivated to go back and find the > origin. Did a lot of women who used to post here recently stop doing > so? > > I really have no business in this discussion, since I just a couple of > days ago thought, "Hrm, I should resubscribe to debian-user and see > what's up." Back in the day, I can't remember anyone doing anything > particularly offensive to women on this list. Certainly nothing on > par with the slashdot and thedailywtf noise. > >> - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA >> >> "Working with women is a pain in the a**." My wife > > I read the quote, got moderately offended, read the attribution, > considered, decided she may have a point. > > For values of "women" not including myself, of course. > > I do wonder what the intent of including that in your sig is, especially > in a primarily-male environment. I tried to email you privately about this, but then noticed your address. If you want to discuss it, contact me off-list. > The "feel" would be different in a > more evenly distributed crowd. I don't feel, I think. But that's probably just as inflammatory as what my wife says... - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Working with women is a pain in the a**." My wife -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFH4Dd3S9HxQb37XmcRAtYYAKC5TK/6P2vJY8qWI+IB00vwbnZI/ACXe//I VXSaSUFEn6DJs6WD9PyguA== =7waU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
