i did not take offense in any way to the comment, and personally don't
see why i would have.  :)  i guess i just don't take offense at much :)
 (and as a CS major, am used to being in primarily male society...) :)
~Erin



> On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 11:35, Stuart Jansen wrote:
> > Of course, learning to use the CLI is good for you. Puts hair on
> the
> > chest. ;-)
> 
> This comment was originally meant to be ironic, highlighting the fact
> that a CLI can be distasteful to some but really doesn't need to be
> defended. Experience will show that the superiority of the command
> line
> is an axiom.
> 
> Unfortunately, I didn't notice the original author's name until after
> someone made a comment to me. Given the high probability that the
> author
> was (and probably continues to be) female, I realized that these days
> some overly sensitive people might consider such a comment sexual
> harassment. It wasn't.
> 
> Some people may be wondering why I sent this message. We don't have
> enough females in the club and I want to make sure I'm not
> responsible
> for scaring one of them off.
> 


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