On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Jay West via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote:
> Several wrote... > > > You may feel free to remove me from this list. > And > > Likewise. > And > > That's it for me and this list. > > I did not say sexism was ok. Those that are reading that in to it - please > click unsubscribe as you are obviously looking for an excuse to do so > regardless. Or perhaps you're upset I won't give you a soapbox to > commandeer the list discussion. Either way - please leave. > > Please note that I said to keep things in a historical perspective and > on-topic. I don't think that is saying sexism is ok. > > On a technical list with adults, I believe that when someone posts > something on-topic which has portions you do not personally like that > perhaps the adult thing is to take the points that are in-common and expand > on them, leaving the points behind that you find offensive or > inappropriate. The rest will be dealt with off-list, as I have done in the > past. > > While one could argue about the intent of the original poster, one cannot > argue that the personal attack - and namecalling - from Evan was > acceptable. It was not. > Evan wasn't namecalling. He pointed out that Rod's statement was sexist and crude. It wasn't a personal attack. Your statement about "the world going mad with political correctness" speaks volumes. This also isn't a personal attack. - Josh > > J > > > >
