Sorry, Angela. I meant it to go to the list. ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Subject: Re: Updates on the site and a proposal ;) Date: Friday 23 March 2012 From: Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com> To: Angela Fuß <angela.f...@das-netzwerkteam.de> On Friday 23 March 2012 11:20:59 Angela Fuß wrote: > Hej dear all of you, > > ----- Ursprüngliche Mitteilung ----- > > > On Thursday 22 March 2012 15:41:19 Marianne C. wrote: > > > Something like > > > "individuals of > > > any gender", yielding > > > "The goal of the Mentoring Program is to support and guide individuals > > > of any gender > > > who want to contribute to Debian..." (rest unchanged > > > > Ouch!n If it needs explicitly listing, why can we not use "anyone"? > > Starting to use the word gender in this way is both linguistically > > clumsy and uneuphonious and so PC that it becomes a strongly political > > act. When I was young, women burned their bras. This struck me as > > pointless and rather absurd. > > > > I agree we need to be inclusive, but lets keep politics out of Debian. > > > > Lisi > > I honestly think we should finish this discussion. > > If we write "men and women" instead of anything else it is the truth and > everybody is able to understand it. Thats what we are on this planet: men > and women, more or less ;-). > > Lets keep it simple and undramatic. Hear, hear! That would be my preferred solution. Lisi ------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-women-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201203231142.37721.lisi.re...@gmail.com
