On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 2:12 PM, Carl Banks<pavlovevide...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 17, 8:44 am, a...@pythoncraft.com (Aahz) wrote: >> In article >> <461cc6f1-fc23-4bc7-a719-6f29babf8...@o15g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, >> Robert Dailey <rcdai...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >It's a figure of speech. And besides, why would I want programming >> >advice from a woman? lol. Thanks for the help. >> >> Well, I'm sorry to see this, it means I was wrong about the lack of >> sexism in the Python community. > > Oh come on, one newbie making an off-color joke is not any sort of > reflection of the community as a whole. > > Anyway it's pretty naive to expect what is now a large community to > avoid bad eggs altogether. Price you pay for popularity.
Agreed on both points, but the lack of any reprimanding for making said inappropriate joke /would/ reflect badly on the community. Fortunately, said person's behavior has now been condemned by virtue of this thread; it's a step in the right direction. Cheers, Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
