Hey thanks for that. I do take it all with a grain of salt but I am f'ing tired of all-to-common broken social norms. I will continue to attempt to call it when I see it.
back to what we do best, eh? thanks :) ben On 9/13/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I must have come off completely wrong. I am not a hater. I do not hate > furries, I do not hate homosexuals, or anybody else for that matter, I may > find the practice of dressing up as an animal kind of silly, but that > doesn't mean I don't think other people should be free to do so. My > apologies if I had offended anyone with my previous remarks. > > Cheers > > -E > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:02 am > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] OT: Way OT: Further OT than you can imagine: OT: > Furries!! > > Soooooo.... after country fair and burning man, AND promoting open source > at each.... > I don't feel so guilty in NOT attending the weekly meetings. > I just hope I don't go turning on open-minded people to open source, only > to have > them feel unwelcomed if/when they attempt to attend a meeting. > > Has EUGLUG become a good ol' boys club?? > > FWIW, I was not offended by Mr. O's first post, but I was, byt erock's > response, > which went well beyond the basic first-bad-taste of "us" and "them". > > So, if such heartfelt yet trivial differences are indeed present in our > group, can we > PLEASE stay on topic?? Maybe there should be a "haters" list? > > And, for anyone wishing *I* would stop being off-topic: I grew up around > a lot of subtle hatred, > a lot of bigotry, and some of it was organized. Not unline rural Oregon. > So this IS worth being > called out. I thought we were over this crap. > > ben > > > > On 9/13/07, Mr O <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You're probably missing the point. It's all in good humor as the > > subject came up at recent meetings as well as talking about the > > folks who dress up as comic characters. This week we'll be > > talking about people who dress up and play Magic. > > > > FWIW, I'm not into being cool. If it is any lower than 78 > > degrees I'm downright cold. > > > > That be all, > > Mr O. > > > > > > --- LinuxRocks! <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > What happened to you man? I remember when you were cool. > > > > > > Jamie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! > > FareChase. > > http://farechase.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > > > _______________________________________________ > > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > > ------------------------------ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL > Mail<http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000970> > ! > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > >
_______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
