On Fri, 2009-07-31 at 23:40 -0700, Linda Walsh wrote: > It's an American thing. Things that are normal speech for UK blokes, get > Americans all disturbed.
I'm sure that is mostly it, Linda. They don't seem to 'get' it. Two things I observe in this whole 'barracuda-gate' posting; 1. Being 'offended' is not terminal, it does not kill, disable or have any side effects. Can you image going to a doctor and saying "You've got to treat me Doctor, I got offended, my feelings are hurt." 2. Cultural differences exist. If I am expected to respect the 'diversity' that has people jumping up and down about the use of 'gay' because *they* have a different meaning for it, it is not unreasonable to expect *them* to respect my diversity in using it in it's original context. I'm tired of being told not to offend or upset people who don't show my views and beliefs equal respect. Anyway, it's all OT and pointless in any context of processing spam - the point I made was factual love it or hate it. That was poor hardware spec used in a well known retail anti-spam appliance = 6-8 MPS 'fully scanned'.
