Hi Runa, Why do you bring out the gender issue in everything ?
She was called *witch* because *she* can't be called *wizard* . The flame war is between two (or more) *persons* and not between one *female* and a few *males* . You have to get used to this concept if you have to bring any sort of equality between sexes. Sourangshu On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Runa wrote: > Hello, > > Lately there has been a flamewar of sorts gaining momentum on the ilug-cal > website wrt comments from one Ms.Ranjabati Sen about the meeting/seminar at > HIT. I was not present at HIT on this occasion and hence am not in a > position to offer comments for/against the meeting and its status. > > This mail is against the insults that have been directed against a seemingly > decent lady. From what she writes, Ms.Sen appears to be an elderly lady who > has been associated with LUGs and their activities for a considerable period > of time------and you have the audacity to call her a WITCH. That too on a > publicly accessible website. Leaving aside the point that you could be > pulled > up for showing disrespect to a lady, you are not projecting a pretty picture > of the LUG-CAL and yourselves. General list policies and netiquette demand > respect towards the poster irrespective of age or gender. > > A WITCH is one of the most primitive forms of insults [or assaults] used to > taint women in societies all over the world. When you intend to assert > yourselves then the least you can do is to choose your words with caution. > > An this is not the first time that gender-related comments have been posted. > Just ahead of COMPASS-2003 there were a series of postings by Anirban, > Sharninder and a few others on visibly sexually-offensive lines. Later > Sharninder even had the gall to call it ~"harmless healthy > humour"_______maybe for you. I was not amused. > > I don't know the exact gender-balance equation of this group, but could the > list-admin/co-ordinator please clarify the charter wrt gender-based bashing. > I am surprised that the list-admin/web-admin have permitted this thread to > reach such proportions. Are women really welcome in this group for the right > reasons?? > Runa > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.459 / Virus Database: 258 - Release Date: 2/25/03 > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body > "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. > FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3 > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sourangshu Bhattacharya M.Tech. Computer Science, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
