"He mocked HP" That was the point that people responded to and asked if that was necessary.
I don't see how mocking a company looking to hire from this community encourages that company or other companies to come and do the same. ========= Robert Evans Code Wranglers, Inc http://www.codewranglers.org http://www.github.com/revans http://www.linkedin/in/rrevans On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Guyren Howe wrote: > On Sep 11, 2012, at 9:09 PM, Bradly Feeley <[email protected] > (mailto:[email protected])> wrote: > > > I don't think it's about political correctness, it's just about being a > > community where people feel welcome. > > Okay, but my confusion still stands: I don’t understand what was in the least > unwelcoming about what Andreas said. He mocked HP. He didn’t as tar as I > could see say or suggest anything about Mark or his parentage or intelligence > or how welcome he was on this list. I don’t see how it was unwelcoming to > comment rhetorically on the position advertised in a (only slightly) negative > fashion. Surely that’s just reasonable discourse? > > Is that the cause of the umbrage? That he shouldn’t have discussed the > position in a negative light in public? Or that he did so in a (slightly) > sarcastic fashion? Or is it something else? I do (STILL) wish someone would > explain to me using small words what exactly was > unwelcoming/offensive/whatever about Andreas’ posting. Private correspondence > I have received indicates that I’m not the only person in this community who > can’t see what Andreas did wrong. > > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby > > -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
