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[Melissa Draper]

Cary,

Correctness isn't politics.

I detest being called a guy, man, dude or anything that discredits the
gender part of my identity. I don't work for you, so I don't fear
telling you this.

You're a guy. You get to relate to "hey guys". I'm not a guy, I don't
get to -- I'm /forced/ to. This cry of PC from you and Michael? That's
you trying to force me.

Don't.



On Sun, 2010-03-21 at 17:16 +1000, Cary Bielenberg wrote:
> For my 2c I think it's a total crock! I manage a medium IT team from both genders, they get called guys & to date no-one has complained. I too believe that this is PC gone all wrong.
> 
> Cary
> 
> 
> Michael <keltoiboy at gmail.com> wrote ..
> > On Mar 21, 12:52 pm, Melissa Draper <meli... at meldraweb.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I find "Folks" to be a much more inclusive replacement.
> > >
> > > I'd also appreciate not have to defend my preference for women being
> > > visible/women as opposed to invisible/"honorary guys" on this list.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Melissa Draper
> > Folks is inclusive if your with your folks. However not one of you
> > people is my kin folk so it does not really apply in a strict sense.
> > 
> > We could all get extremely pedantic about phraseology here. I think we
> > would all like to not have to defend our preferences so may I just
> > suggest we drop all the PC (not personal computer) stuff. This is the
> > 21st century and we should at least be mindful that no one has set out
> > to deliberately offend others.
> > 
> > -- 
> > ubuntu-au mailing list
> > ubuntu-au at lists.ubuntu.com
> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
> > 


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Melissa Draper

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