Re: [issues] the adult linux project... (meep)

1999-10-29 Thread curious
This is a womans issue based on the fact that there are people who belive that such applications degrade women (I'm not aware of any men who are concerned about men being treated possibly as sex objects). If this project becomes successful there is a possibility that it could cause problems down t

Re: [issues] the adult linux project... (meep)

1999-10-29 Thread J B
Noone will force anybody who does not agree with these types of apps to use them. And if it is obvious that these are adult oriented, anyone who wishes to avoid them, will be able to. I believe the problem lies in misplaced adult content.(ie-Hard core pron on a children's cartoon video t

Re: [issues] the adult linux project... Objectification tangent

1999-10-29 Thread Blackjax
-Original Message- From: J B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, October 29, 1999 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [issues] the adult linux project... (meep) >(I'm not aware of any men who are >concerned about men being treated possibly as sex objects)...

Re: [issues] the adult linux project... (meep)

1999-10-29 Thread Deirdre Saoirse
On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, curious wrote: > This is a womans issue based on the fact that there are people who belive > that such applications degrade women. Chris, you're clueless. A guy coming onto Linuxchix and, as one of his first posts, writes "hi, I want to run an adult Linux site" well, I d

Objectification of men was Re: [issues] the adult linux project...Objectification tangent

1999-10-29 Thread Deirdre Saoirse
On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, Blackjax wrote: > Niether am I, but my view is that women being different from men, > they simply objectify in a different way. When women objectify > men, they make men into a source of income/stability/support. > Just as not all men objectify women for sex, not all, or eve

Re: [issues] the adult linux project... (meep)

1999-10-29 Thread Deirdre Saoirse
On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, J B wrote: > Noone will force anybody who does not agree with these types of apps to > use them. And if it is obvious that these are adult oriented, anyone > who wishes to avoid them, will be able to. I believe the problem lies > in misplaced adult content.(ie-Hard core

Re: [issues] the adult linux project... Objectification tangent

1999-10-29 Thread Emily Ratliff
> Sorry for the rant, I'm in a strange mood. :-) Me too, so I'll rant a little too. With that question, the list has suddenly gone very quiet. Personally, it is not an issue that I want to discuss. "I'm going to take something that you love very much and add in some objectification of women. How

Re: [issues] the adult linux project... Objectification tangent

1999-10-29 Thread Steve Kudlak
Blackjax wrote: > -Original Message- > From: J B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Friday, October 29, 1999 3:50 PM > Subject: Re: [issues] the adult linux project... (meep) > > >(I'm not aware of any men who are > >concerned about men being tre

Re: [issues] the adult linux project... (meep)

1999-10-29 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:28:51 -0700 (PDT), curious <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >This is a womans issue based on the fact that there are people who >belive that such applications degrade women (I'm not aware of any men >who are concerned about men being treated possibly as sex >objects). If this proj

[issues] RE; Depression & geeks

1999-10-29 Thread Mary P. Wood
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'd have to agree with the idea of thinking people being a little more prone to depression ... how does the saying go? "Ignorance is Bliss." Simple St. John's Wort is my current mood evener of choice. I've dealt with the depression thing on and of

Re: [issues] RE; Depression & geeks

1999-10-29 Thread Steve Kudlak
"Mary P. Wood" wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'd have to agree with the idea of thinking people being a little more > > prone to depression ... how does the saying go? "Ignorance is Bliss." > > Simple St. John's Wort is my current mood evener of choice. I've > d

Re: [issues] the adult linux project... (meep)

1999-10-29 Thread Steve Kudlak
Kelly Lynn Martin wrote: > On Fri, 29 Oct 1999 12:28:51 -0700 (PDT), curious <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > >This is a womans issue based on the fact that there are people who > >belive that such applications degrade women (I'm not aware of any men > >who are concerned about men being treated po

Re: [issues] RE; Depression & geeks

1999-10-29 Thread J B
And before anyone thinks I'm flaming people who seek a hearty dose of western medicine, I'm not The herbal route actually is western medicine, though more in the traditional way, rather than the modern one It is rather sad that we have become so dependent on artificial cures, when the n

Re: [issues] RE; Depression & geeks

1999-10-29 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 06:18:38 GMT, "J B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >It is rather sad that we have become so dependent on artificial >cures, when the natural (ie-herbal) way is as effective, if not more >so, in some or most cases.the indiginous tribes had it right... St. John's Wort did nothin

Re: [issues] the adult linux project... (meep)

1999-10-29 Thread Kelly Lynn Martin
On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 00:20:45 -0400, Steve Kudlak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Without teyting to be mean. Lawyer? Uh, Why? ZPlease explain it is >almost impossible to legislate, legalisze or do such things >expecially if we are taliking about thesemse.org ... There are a _lot_ of laws that apply

Re: [issues] RE; Depression & geeks

1999-10-29 Thread lilith
The problem with herbal cures is that no one is regulating the manufacturers for standards in dosage and purity, but the manufacturers themselves. Tablets of St. John's Wort can vary in effectiveness between brands and batchs, while 20mg of prozac will always have the same dosage of active drug.