A Call to Boycott Ubuntu? An Important Discussion Thread

[Chris Rees]

2009/9/25 Michael Haney <thezorch at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Odd <iodine at runbox.no> wrote:
>> David Gerard wrote:
>>> 2009/9/25 Odd <iodine at runbox.no>:
>>>> David Gerard wrote:
>>>
>>>>> My thoughts? I ended up on this list because of the most prominent
>>>>> previous incident where the Code of Conduct proved purely decorative
>>>>> when it came to Canonical and sexism.
>>>>> While Mark Shuttleworth is undoubtedly a fine fellow, this is an
>>>>> example of the fish rotting from the head down.
>>>>> Boycotting Ubuntu is unlikely, but this shit still rankles.
>>>
>>>> Maybe he has some experience trying to explain it to
>>>> women that didn't go well. Still, it was a dumb thing to say,
>>>> but we are allowed to screw up once in a while. It's not a
>>>> big deal to me.
>>>
>>>
>>> If it weren't for the slanderous emails sent to me from employees'
>>> Canonical email addresses about participants in last time round, I'd
>>> hope he'd just graciously accept the cluebatting. I still do, but that
>>> means I hold out less hope.
>>
>> Could you elaborate about these slanderous emails?
>> I haven't heard about this, or maybe I missed it if you've
>> talked about it before.
>>
>
> Had I found a transcript of what he said IN FULL I could have included
> it with my first email in this thread.  Otherwise, this is all we have
> to go on for now ...
> http://discuss.itwire.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=15480&p=54372
>
> If this is all it was about then its likely just a case of Feminists
> overreacting and making a mountain out of a mole hill, which is
> something they're quite skilled at.

And they get sensitised by people like you making unpleasant comments
about them. As I mentioned in my previous post that people seem to
have ignored (obviously no-one believes that women have a hard time in
this world), people making flippant remarks are probably the most
harmful to their cause. Also, don't forget that YOU started this
thread. Pot? Kettle? Black?

Chris

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