On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:04:18AM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: >> In my opinion, which is as humble as it can be (but that might not >> mean much), I fail to see Joss' post as sexist. From its first line >> it is a parody, something that very clearly should not be taken >> seriously. Not that I like it - I'd really very very much prefer if >> we all took d-d-a as something serious, and not a proper place to >> post jokes of any kind. >> >> _Of course_ that Joss' post mentions sexist situations and points of >> view. But I don't think there is a single comma in his message meant >> to be taken seriously. > > AOL, it's also my view. > > Or, to be more clear (which is mandatory in cases where people can > feel discriminated), Joss made a parody of advertisements which are > usually written in the tone and with the wording he used. He just > copied style and words for the sake of the joke. Think about an > impersonator [1] (wikipedia link because I've just discovered the > English word): it is fun only when the impersonator stresses the > characteristic of who is being impersonated. > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impersonator > > If you agree with this interpretation, it is not even worth to discuss > whether the message was sexiest or not, because content and style are > inherited from elsewhere. > > > That notwithstanding Joss abused d-d-a, that's undeniable. He could > have obtained the very same result blogging on planet.d.o or posting > to -devel. At least the latter two mediums are seen as "less official" > by our public. > > As I was positively surprised by that, I have to kudo Joss for his > acknowledgment and apologies about the mistake [2]; it doesn't revert > the fact, but is something rare enough in Debian to be worth pointing > out. > > [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/11/msg00533.html
Very well written, I was just about to write exactly that. +1 Ondrej -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]