On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 3:11 PM, Jay West via cctalk <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Several wrote...
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> > You may feel free to remove me from this list.
> And
> > Likewise.
> And
> > That's it for me and this list.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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



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