2009/3/22 Daniel Pittman <[email protected]>: > This is the same reason that attacking people because of their > distribution of choice, their desktop environment of choice or any > number of other attributes is bad.
Not quite, note the word "choice". Our society permits discrimination against people based on things of their choosing (in most cases). Discrimination against things that are not choices is a different kettle of fish and in nearly all cases is not considered acceptable. Intent is not often properly understood and we need to be careful of that. For instance, I find all the slogans at tshirthell.com to be highly amusing, because I consider them to be so blatant as to obviously mock the bigoted attitudes that they proclaim (and that's how they are intended by the creators). Of course, others disagree. Unfortunately bigots still exist, and that's why many things can be misinterpreted. I often find myself at odds with people when I put forward a bigoted attitude in jest, but it is taken literally or people think there is some underlying nastiness. I've taken on a more sensitive attitude to try and deal with this. I seriously don't take offence against anything, but then again, I'm not subject to much discrimination (some, but not much). Perhaps we can all try to recognise that others have deep wounds that are still healing, but also to take things people say in good faith and not assume the worst. Cheers, Ben >> This is a Linux group not Political correctness R us. Can we please >> get back to discussing Linux? Now get back on topic > > Certainly. Nothing would please me more than to be discussing technical > issues rather than listening to people insult others. > > Regards, > Daniel > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
