On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 13:23 +, TheVeech wrote:
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The Lord replied: 'You want two lanes or four on that bridge?'
That posting is in breach of the Ubuntu code of conduct.
http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct
Thanks
Caroline
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Caroline,
Caroline Ford wrote:
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 13:23 +, TheVeech wrote:
(crap snipped)
The Lord replied: 'You want two lanes or four on that bridge?'
That posting is in breach of the Ubuntu code of conduct.
http://www.ubuntu.com/community/conduct
I've just read the code
Dave Murphy wrote:
Tony Arnold wrote:
I've just read the code (again) and I don't see which bit of it is being
breached?
I would interpret it as being disrespectful to women (and atheists :)).
Well, the instructions were to replace 'women' with 'newbs' when you
read it, so if anything it
Considering the code of conduct;
Was posting the joke considerate to others ? Well I and you the reader
cannot really answer this. If I was however to be considerate of Veechs'
position I can only imagine that he felt it was a measured opinion. Even
if I did not feel that it was delivered in a
Tony Arnold wrote:
Well, the instructions were to replace 'women' with 'newbs' when you
read it, so if anything it would be disrespectful to 'newbs'!
That's what I get for ignoring the topic line. To digress, surely it
would have been better to edit the joke accordingly as everyone knows
you
Pete,
Pete Ryland wrote:
It is offensive. The joke's premise is based on the (untrue)
generalisation that all women are unfathomable.
Or rather that women are unfathomable by men. That's offensive to men
isn't it?
Nearly all jokes are based on a premise that usually is not quite true
but
I think that we've got to be adult about this.
I believe that the code of conduct - like most other rules in our
society is meant to protect people and values.
Where we start to go wrong, is by using any set of rules to their
maximum extent to prove a point, appear clever or knowledgeable or to
On 20/03/07, Tony Arnold [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Pete Ryland wrote:
It is offensive. The joke's premise is based on the (untrue)
generalisation that all women are unfathomable.
Or rather that women are unfathomable by men. That's offensive to men
isn't it?
The point of the joke was that
On 20/03/07, Chris Rowson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lets not descend into the madness of political correctness for the
sake of proving a point. It's petty, pathetic and and devalues the
rule set underpinning it.
Agreed, no harm may have been intended, but as soon as harm was done,
whether
On Tue, 2007-03-20 at 17:09 +, Pete Ryland wrote:
This is not the kind of atmosphere that we want
to encourage.
Quite.
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