Re: "Debian women may leave due to 'sexist' post"

2008-12-22 Thread Elizabeth Krumbach
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 1:41 AM, Kevin Mark wrote: > So are you saying that the conduct of a few folks on > -devel or -project is sufficient for you to leave? Or an 'insufficient' > response by the DPL? or by other list members? I suspect that you are > leaning towards 'yes' and also Miriam. It w

Re: "Debian women may leave due to 'sexist' post"

2008-12-22 Thread Peter Tuhársky
> I am not a dev or woman but I believe that sexism,racism and any other > ism you want to add is wrong and should be dealt with accordingly and > swiftly. I fully agree. And I don't like anyone to insult others, NO MATTER THE GENDER! I have read the "incriminating" mail and I don't found anyt

Re: "Debian women may leave due to 'sexist' post"

2008-12-22 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Peter Tuhársky dijo [Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 03:01:04PM +0100]: > > As of the overwhelming reaction to the mail, I can partially > understand the reaction, when I look at Amayita website. Ok... This is just one more evidence of the trollness of this thread. Do you have an issue with Amaya? Many peopl

Re: "Debian women may leave due to 'sexist' post"

2008-12-22 Thread Neil McGovern
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 03:01:04PM +0100, Peter Tuhársky wrote: > Amayita [snip] > american social identity problems. FAIL. Neil -- A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad? gpg key - http://www.halon.org.uk/pubkey.txt ; the.earth.li B345BDD3 -- To UN

Re: "Debian women may leave due to 'sexist' post"

2008-12-22 Thread Norbert Preining
On Mo, 22 Dez 2008, Noah Slater wrote: > > > Troll. Troll. Troll. > > > > I hope that's not referring to John's email. > > Are you kidding? I agree with the OP, that was not trolling, that was just getting things straight. Women are also sexists, often! Best wishes Norbert

Re: "Debian women may leave due to 'sexist' post"

2008-12-22 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2008-12-22, Elizabeth Krumbach penned: > I'm sure many of you on the list have already seen this: > > "Debian women may leave due to 'sexist' post": > http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22320/1090/1/0/ > > And much of the related discussion. I'm surprised there hasn't been > discussion about it

Re: "Debian women may leave due to 'sexist' post"

2008-12-22 Thread Michael Banck
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 12:59:51PM -0700, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > The article linked to the mail message, which baffled me. More than > anything, isn't the message simply off topic? I don't know, maybe I > live in a fantasy land, but given the response on other technical > lists to off topic m

SCALE Women in Open Source Conference Deadline Fast Approaching!

2008-12-22 Thread Gareth J. Greenaway
Happy Holidays everyone! The 7th Annual Southern California Linux Expo is shaping up to be a great show, the best one so far! Until December 31st, 2008, we are accepting proposals for the Women in Open Source mini conference, which will be taking place on Friday the 20th of February prior to SCAL

Re: "Debian women may leave due to 'sexist' post"

2008-12-22 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2008-12-23, Michael Banck penned: > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 12:59:51PM -0700, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > > The message was sent to -devel-announce, not -devel. > >> But I don't know if the message needs to be taken in context >> with many other messages. > > It was a more or less direct paro

Re: "Debian women may leave due to 'sexist' post"

2008-12-22 Thread Monique Y. Mudama
On 2008-12-22, Peter Tuhársky penned: > Saying that, I'm glad there are women in Debian community, although I > don't fully understand their effort to maintain a special "Debian Women" > community. There is no "Debian Men" community I know of, and probably > noone find enough time or reasons wor

Re: "Debian women may leave due to 'sexist' post"

2008-12-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:47:45PM -0700, Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > On 2008-12-22, Peter Tuhársky penned: > > Saying that, I'm glad there are women in Debian community, although I > > don't fully understand their effort to maintain a special "Debian Women" > > community. There is no "Debian Men"

Re: "Debian women may leave due to 'sexist' post"

2008-12-22 Thread Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso
2008/12/22 Peter Tuhársky : > Saying that, I'm glad there are women in Debian community, although I don't > fully understand their effort to maintain a special "Debian Women" > community. There is no "Debian Men" community I know of, and probably noone > find enough time or reasons worthy of the e

Re: "Debian women may leave due to 'sexist' post"

2008-12-22 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Monique Y. Mudama (s...@bounceswoosh.org): > Mostly, I feel sorry for the guy who posted this joke, because I don't > think it was meant to be offensive -- it seems more likely to me that > the developer is perhaps a little socially inept and misguaged his > audience. Of course, something