TWIMC and Torrie Fischer, As an outsider and non-member, who is considering SYNHAK as a place to spend some time, meet some new people, learn some new skills, and work on my pet projects, I want to state that I fully support Torrie Fischer's reaction to the astonishing email from BL containing an obvious slur against a group of people who deserve to be treated as equals in all respects, at all times.
Homophobic slurs are unwanted, unnecessary, embarrassing, and totally devoid of substance. Even one as silly as the one in BL's email reply - is out of place in our civilized society. Comments like that have no place in the organization and must be suppressed with prejudice immediately. I hope that the members of SYNHAK will agree with Torrie and support her. Sincerely, PPP On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 9:06 PM, Torrie Fischer <[email protected]>wrote: > On Thursday, November 14, 2013 20:28:58 Ben Lippincott wrote: > > Ha! Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay! > > Hello, friend. > > It seems that you have tried to introduce a smidgen of immature humor into > a > public mailing list. As a non-heteronormative member of the LGBT > community, I > must say that I am disgusted with your behavior. Thoroughly disgusted, in > fact. I will admit this: SYNHAK is essentially a very large community of > technical children who somehow managed to pull together enough > collaborative > effort to give birth to something wonderful in the City of Invention. > > Irrespective of that, we give each other the full respect that each of us > is > due. Using "gay" in such a manner shows a disappointing lack of respect > from > you. > > As Champion of SYNHAK, it is my duty to ensure that SYNHAK is constantly > moving in a direction in accordance with our mission statement, which I've > included here from our bylaws for reference: > > SYN/HAK provides an environment for people to educate, create, and > share > amongst themselves and others within the domains of technology, art and > science. > > -- http://static.synhak.org/documents/latex/bylaws.pdf > > > It is my belief that in order to secure such an environment, upholding the > first rule of the space is of utmost important. Again, i've included it > here > for reference: > > 1. Be excellent to each other. > > -- http://static.synhak.org/documents/latex/space-rules.pdf > > With the powers vested in me as documented through our bylaws and given to > me > through my re-election to the position of SYNHAK Champion by the > membership of > this community, I hereby declare that you were not acting in accordance > with > our mission statement. That is to say, you are not acting Excellent. > > I recommend that you cease this behavior immediately. Do not pass go. Do > not > collect $200. Do not send another mail to this community or further action > will be taken to exclude you and your behavior from it. > > > > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 11:59 AM, codex codices <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I tried to subscribe and it says that I must enter a valid email > address. > > > Its the same address I use for the other mailing lists. > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Torrie Fischer > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> Howdy, all. > > >> > > >> At the request of Devin, I've created a new list: > > >> > > >> [email protected] > > >> > > >> Subscribe here: > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/power-racing-series > > >> > > >> It is intended for use in facilitating discussions about the power > wheel > > >> racing series project, aka the big pink Power Wheels car and nearby > > >> tractor > > >> chassis in the front of the space. I've added Devin as the primary > list > > >> owner, > > >> with [email protected] as the backup. > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Discuss mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Discuss mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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