On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 11:25:59AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes: > > So, Helen is kind enough to summarise her views on why she doesn't > > participate in the project as fully as she might, and she's called a > > flake, mentally unstable and sexist for her beliefs. > Well, she said that she doesn't participate because boys will be mean > to her. Sounds sexist to me.
There are other ways of responding to that sort of claim than accusing people of being sexist, flakey or mentally unstable. That you've chosen that particular way says something about you, and says something about the project's culture. Considering claims of being flakey, mentally unstable and sexist are particularly likely to be offensive given the topic of this thread and Helen's reason for participating, I don't really see how you can claim the thesis you're attributing to her is anything but dead-on. That rather than address the issue and see if we can find some way of resolving it to Helen's satisfaction, you're choosing to dismiss it as being sexist, says even more about both you and the project, really. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. Linux.conf.au 2004 -- Because we could. http://conf.linux.org.au/ -- Jan 12-17, 2004
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