Aaron Toponce wrote: > Chris' argument implies that the term "for the ladies" is a fairly > popular term because it shows up on Google. Not whether or not it's "ok". > > Whether or not the term is morally acceptable is the argument at hand. > Pornography is extremely popular, yet most would argue that it is not > morally acceptable. Art is also very popular, yet it is morally accepted. > > Whether or not Google shows x-number of hits regarding the topic only > shows it's popularity, not it's moral face-value. Thus, the reason for > my confusion in her logic. By her suggesting in a thread where the > argument is the moral question of the term "Linux for ladies" that > pornography is not morally acceptable, tells me that she is putting that > term in the same arena as pornography.
That is not the correlation I was drawing at all. It was simply the first 'really high' google search term that I thought of, that did not fit the 'google proves' argument as it was applied to 'for the ladies'. > After showing the shirt to my wife, she suggests the exact opposite of > what is being described here. Her first thought was that Ubuntu is > marketing Linux exclusively for women, thus alienating men. It is if > Ubuntu is a feminine distro, and not good enough for men. So, if anyone > should be offended, it should be the men who don't have a masculine > Ubuntu version for them. Again, these were her first thoughts. > > Thanks, > <snip> -- Sincerely Melissa Draper http://www.meldraweb.com Phone: 0404 595 395 (intl): +61 404 595 395 P.O Box 1412 Lavington, NSW 2641 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
