On Monday, April 17, 2017 at 3:09:44 PM UTC+5:30, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > Rurpy : > > > If I posted a remark about "dirty Chinese" (c.f. "ugly American") I > > would be (justifiably) slammed and likely ejected from the list. Or if > > claims that not understanding new tech is a product of age are ok, > > then why can't I say disparagingly that someone "programs like a > > girl"? When a popular poster here says such things, it is not only > > given a pass, it is actually defended! > > In my experience, the bar for banning participants is pretty high, and > rightly so. Careless statements, insults or bigotry haven't been enough, > but repeated, personal harassment of an individual have resulted in > action. > > You are free to set a bar of your own. It's called plonking. > > BTW, as a middle-aged American, I don't get offended by slurs against > Americans or old people. I first try to see if there's a grain of truth > behind the generalization, and if not, I will simply have a lower > opinion of the judgement of whoever said it. > > Cultures are real, distinct things, and every culture has > (objectively/subjectively) less desirable aspects. Age does have > measurable effects on our performance. Making generalizations doesn't > automatically make a statement "hate speech." > > Let me offer a bigoted joke I heard the other day: > > Wife to programmer: "Go to the store and get a gallon of milk. If > they have eggs, get six." > > ... > > Wife to programmer: "Why on earth did you buy six gallons of milk?" > > Programmer: "They had eggs."
Thanks Marko... Hilarious [Sent it to some friends] I personally feel racism (or in this case more technically communalism) needs to be celebrated not disparaged -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list