I would have to agree. A non-bigoted comment I made on the Dell forum got me booted. I can't recall how many prime time shows I've heard this phrase on, but nonetheless...
----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Rubenstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alex Pilosov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Asterisk -Biz" <asterisk-biz@lists.digium.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:11 PM Subject: [asterisk-biz] Manners (was: Re: "Whats New at Digium theAsterisk Company") > There's a difference between slang and a bigoted slur. If you don't > know the difference, you should learn it now. I don't need to be a saint > to point out basic manners of speaking in public. If you think so little > of this -biz community, please just stay out of it. > > > On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 16:06 -0500, Alex Pilosov wrote: >> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Matthew Rubenstein wrote: >> >> > Not only is that comment useless in pure business terms, but using >> > the word "gay" like that poisons business relationships, and demeans >> > the >> > entire community. >> Blah blah blah. Look at the halo above Matthew's head. >> >> Sometimes slang is the only thing that adequately captures the inherent >> stupidity. >> >> Anyway, this is ridiculous. Business relationships? Entire "Community"? >> On >> asterisk-biz? You must be joking. -biz has become a soapbox for Rehan >> AhmedWallahBismillah etc and a kindergarden of tin-can-and-asterisk >> providers. >> >> -alex >> > -- > > (C) Matthew Rubenstein > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz