Re: What is this list for? was - Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 16:12 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > My apologies for screwing up the quote. Never mind! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/135408

Re: What is this list for? was - Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-27 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 02:54:07AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > It would be nice to correct the quotation. I didn't wrote this. I didn't > reply to this thread any more and somebody else did wrote those words, > but it's quoted in a way, that people might think I've written this. > > Wrong quot

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2012-11-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 14:44 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Your intent is seen by those who can read. That is all that matters. I don't worry that e.g. the Mossard will google and then kill me ;) or the German prosecution and then they will sue me ;). But an employer might google and then read "

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2012-11-26 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 11/27/12, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Take a look what mails are from me and what mails are from others and > take care about the fact that I was silent, I only replied when it > became to insane. > > Discredit, defamation, lies! > > In the archive it's easy to see what mails, what words are from me

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2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 15:07 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 02:00:05PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 12:27 +, Tony van der Hoff > > > It is alleged, that a certain German Fuerer added a smiley to the order > > > to exterminate the Jews, to indicat

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2012-11-26 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 05:58:08PM +0100, Titanus Eramius wrote: > > This is, after all, a specialised list, not a comedy central. You are joking, aren't you? -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing

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2012-11-26 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 02:00:05PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 12:27 +, Tony van der Hoff > > It is alleged, that a certain German Fuerer added a smiley to the order > > to exterminate the Jews, to indicate it was a joke. It was misunderstood. > > I made a joke with the

Re: What is this list for? was - Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 18:02 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > > > > > On 26/11/12 13:00, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > >> On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 12:27 +, Tony van der Hoff > > >>> It is alleged, that a certain German Fuerer added a smiley to the order > > >>> to exterminate the Jews, to indicate it wa

Re: What is this list for? was - Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-26 Thread Robert Holtzman
> > > > On 26/11/12 13:00, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 12:27 +, Tony van der Hoff > >>> It is alleged, that a certain German Fuerer added a smiley to the order > >>> to exterminate the Jews, to indicate it was a joke. It was > >>> misunderstood. > > > Arrogant Bastard! > >

Re: What is this list for? was - Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-26 Thread Brad Alexander
Hoff >> To: Ralf Mardorf >> Subject: Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: >> Mail client, threads, etc... >> Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:24:41 + >> >> On 26/11/12 13:00, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >>> On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 12:27 +, To

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2012-11-26 Thread latinfo
> On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 16:45 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > I anyway received mail from the admin. Is it possible that we read it? It could be convenient to know what is happening with Debian's view point. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "

Re: What is this list for? was - Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-26 Thread latinfo
> Forwarded Message > From: Tony van der Hoff > To: Ralf Mardorf > Subject: Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: > Mail client, threads, etc... > Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:24:41 + > > On 26/11/12 13:00, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >

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2012-11-26 Thread Beco
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Veljko wrote: > [cut] And people should forgive > each other, especially when they apologize. So shall we forgive each > others and just move on? For crying out loud... Just drop it... > > > Veljko Seconded! There is no such thing as universal joke. We always wi

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2012-11-26 Thread berenger . morel
My point is clear now, I think jokes here is a bad idea because of the problems they can give, but I understand if others disagrees. One can always use a good laugh, and I am always searching for new jokes :-) (I just think they will give more grief than laughs here) - Titanus Even jokes on

Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-26 Thread Titanus Eramius
On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:45:52 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 16:28 +0100, Titanus Eramius wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:28:04 +0100 > > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > > > > > > IMO nothing can be bad with a joke about men, women, Germans, Jews > > > etc., it becomes bad if

Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 16:45 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 16:28 +0100, Titanus Eramius wrote: > > On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:28:04 +0100 > > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > > > > > > IMO nothing can be bad with a joke about men, women, Germans, Jews > > > etc., it becomes bad if pe

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2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 16:28 +0100, Titanus Eramius wrote: > On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:28:04 +0100 > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > > IMO nothing can be bad with a joke about men, women, Germans, Jews > > etc., it becomes bad if people have got bad intentions. Tony has got > > a bad intention or he's

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2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 16:28 +0100, Titanus Eramius wrote: > On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:28:04 +0100 > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > > > IMO nothing can be bad with a joke about men, women, Germans, Jews > > etc., it becomes bad if people have got bad intentions. Tony has got > > a bad intention or he's

Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-26 Thread Veljko
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 03:28:04PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > IMO nothing can be bad with a joke about men, women, Germans, Jews etc., > it becomes bad if people have got bad intentions. I just couldn't agree more. I refuse to accept that people on this list are malicious. People are helping oth

Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-26 Thread Titanus Eramius
On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:28:04 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > IMO nothing can be bad with a joke about men, women, Germans, Jews > etc., it becomes bad if people have got bad intentions. Tony has got > a bad intention or he's serious sick and not aware about the > difference of the order to kill peo

Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 14:45 +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:53:18 +0100 > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Hello Ralf, > > >This isn't a joke, since I'm from Germany and a lot of people really > >were killed by Nazis. > > And there we have it; You don't find this funny. Many people

Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 14:45 +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:53:18 +0100 > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Hello Ralf, > > >This isn't a joke, since I'm from Germany and a lot of people really > >were killed by Nazis. > > And there we have it; You don't find this funny. Many people

Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 15:44 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 15:31 +0100, darkestkhan wrote: Tony wrote, not darkestkhan (not my mistake, the DE and MUA are broken), pardon > > >> >> It is alleged, that a certain German Fuerer added a smiley to the > > >> >> order > > >> >> t

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2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 15:31 +0100, darkestkhan wrote: > >> >> It is alleged, that a certain German Fuerer added a smiley to the order > >> >> to exterminate the Jews, to indicate it was a joke. It was > >> >> misunderstood. On Thu, 2012-11-22 at 11:36 +, Tony van der Hoff wrote: Your joke was

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2012-11-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:53:18 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: Hello Ralf, >This isn't a joke, since I'm from Germany and a lot of people really >were killed by Nazis. And there we have it; You don't find this funny. Many people didn't find your comment about women funny. You lose. Get over it. Mo

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2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 14:44 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > Le 26.11.2012 14:34, Zenaan Harkness a écrit : > > On 11/27/12, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 12:27 +, Tony van der Hoff > >>> It is alleged, that a certain German Fuerer added a smiley to the > >>>

Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-26 Thread darkestkhan
On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 00:34 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: >> On 11/27/12, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 12:27 +, Tony van der Hoff >> >> It is alleged, that a certain German Fuerer added a smiley to the order >> >> to ext

Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 00:34 +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On 11/27/12, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 12:27 +, Tony van der Hoff > >> It is alleged, that a certain German Fuerer added a smiley to the order > >> to exterminate the Jews, to indicate it was a joke. It was misunde

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2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
It's not marked as [off-list], but by accident send off-list. I've got enough from this list. Forwarded Message From: Tony van der Hoff To: Ralf Mardorf Subject: Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc... Date: Mon, 26 N

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2012-11-26 Thread berenger . morel
Le 26.11.2012 14:34, Zenaan Harkness a écrit : On 11/27/12, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 12:27 +, Tony van der Hoff It is alleged, that a certain German Fuerer added a smiley to the order to exterminate the Jews, to indicate it was a joke. It was misunderstood. I made a j

Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-26 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 11/27/12, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 12:27 +, Tony van der Hoff >> It is alleged, that a certain German Fuerer added a smiley to the order >> to exterminate the Jews, to indicate it was a joke. It was misunderstood. > > I made a joke with the contend > > "Men tend to make m

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2012-11-26 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 12:27 +, Tony van der Hoff > It is alleged, that a certain German Fuerer added a smiley to the order > to exterminate the Jews, to indicate it was a joke. It was misunderstood. I made a joke with the contend "Men tend to make mistakes, when they are in love with a women

Re: Outrageous Xenophobia. Was: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-26 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 26/11/12 11:45, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > Le 26.11.2012 01:56, Zenaan Harkness a écrit : >> On 11/26/12, Neal Murphy wrote: >>> On Wednesday, November 21, 2012 12:54:33 PM Ralf Mardorf wrote: ... My humour is less good than Chaplin's ... >>> >>> OK. Pointed, direct humor

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2012-11-26 Thread berenger . morel
Le 26.11.2012 01:56, Zenaan Harkness a écrit : On 11/26/12, Neal Murphy wrote: On Wednesday, November 21, 2012 12:54:33 PM Ralf Mardorf wrote: ... My humour is less good than Chaplin's ... OK. Pointed, direct humor back at you. What was the shortest book ever published? "One Thousand Year

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2012-11-25 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On 11/26/12, Neal Murphy wrote: > On Wednesday, November 21, 2012 12:54:33 PM Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> ... My humour is less good than Chaplin's ... > > OK. Pointed, direct humor back at you. What was the shortest book ever > published? "One Thousand Years of German Humor", which consisted of the >

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2012-11-25 Thread Neal Murphy
On Wednesday, November 21, 2012 12:54:33 PM Ralf Mardorf wrote: > ... My humour is less good than Chaplin's ... OK. Pointed, direct humor back at you. What was the shortest book ever published? "One Thousand Years of German Humor", which consisted of the frontispiece, the preface, and the introd

Re: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-23 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 21 nov 12, 14:40:58, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > Obviously, Debian is working so well, for everybody, that we need > something to keep the list from becoming dead air :-) It happens during the freeze. Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://li

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2012-11-22 Thread Mike McClain
On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:14:19PM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > All off-topic is caused by people who feel offended by harmless jokes, > breaking threads, asking the wrong questions, carbon copy, brainstorming > etc., not by the people who make harmless jokes, are breaking threads, > asking the

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2012-11-22 Thread berenger . morel
Le 22.11.2012 22:07, Beco a écrit : On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 7:28 PM, François TOURDE wrote: Le 15665ième jour après Epoch, Lisi Reisz écrivait: On Wednesday 21 November 2012 16:55:22 Beco wrote: Use of smiley face should point this was just a joke. As we can see in this first use in 1982:

Re: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-22 Thread Beco
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 7:28 PM, François TOURDE wrote: > Le 15665ième jour après Epoch, > Lisi Reisz écrivait: > >> On Wednesday 21 November 2012 16:55:22 Beco wrote: >>> Use of smiley face should point this was just a joke. As we can see in >>> this first use in 1982: >> >> That is what is so ve

Re: Outrageous sexism

2012-11-22 Thread Morel Bérenger
Le Jeu 22 novembre 2012 12:39, Chris Harries a écrit : > Well some of us think it was harmless So I guess we should do a vote? :D <<<== this was a joke, hopefully harmless, so people where elections are not fair, please do not take that bad /me ->[] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-use

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2012-11-22 Thread Chris Harries
Well some of us think it was harmless, especially if you understood what he meant and not jumped the gun. We can all agree to disagree and take this as a lesson not to make any joke in-case someone either a) doesn't understand the joke or b) can't accept that some people's English skills are not th

Re: Outrageous sexism

2012-11-22 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 22/11/12 11:14, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Is there anything people are else allowed on Debian user mailing list, > besides dissing people for harmless jokes, breaking threads, asking the > wrong questions, carbon copy, brainstorming etc.? > > All off-topic is caused by people who feel offended by h

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2012-11-22 Thread Ralf Mardorf
] Outrageous sexism - dump questions - carbon copy - ignoring hidden ids - HTML - top posting - brainstorming - etc. Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:06:26 +0100 Is there anything people are else allowed on Debian user mailing list, besides dissing people for harmless jokes, breaking threads, asking the wrong

Re: Outrageous sexism. Was: Re: Mail client, threads, etc...

2012-11-22 Thread Morel Bérenger
Le Mer 21 novembre 2012 19:12, Brad Rogers a écrit : > On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:41:08 +0100 > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > Hello Ralf, > > >> I'm not sure, if it's really just the language barrier. Coarse humour >> > > I picked up your intent, but clearly others didn't. At least one other > person inv

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2012-11-22 Thread Titanus Eramius
On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:11:08 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2012-11-21 at 23:28 +0100, François TOURDE wrote: > > Le 15665ième jour après Epoch, > > Lisi Reisz écrivait: > > > > > On Wednesday 21 November 2012 16:55:22 Beco wrote: > > >> Use of smiley face should point this was just a joke.

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2012-11-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-11-21 at 23:28 +0100, François TOURDE wrote: > Le 15665ième jour après Epoch, > Lisi Reisz écrivait: > > > On Wednesday 21 November 2012 16:55:22 Beco wrote: > >> Use of smiley face should point this was just a joke. As we can see in > >> this first use in 1982: > > > > That is what i

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2012-11-21 Thread François TOURDE
Le 15665ième jour après Epoch, Lisi Reisz écrivait: > On Wednesday 21 November 2012 16:55:22 Beco wrote: >> Use of smiley face should point this was just a joke. As we can see in >> this first use in 1982: > > That is what is so very offensive. He thinks that being so rude about just > over half

Re: Outrageous sexism

2012-11-21 Thread Paul Lewis
On 21/11/12 19:46:20, Siard wrote: > Wait, don't go! ;-) Seconded. > I'm surprised that so much fuss is made about this. Agreed. Surely something that could have been dealt with off list? ___ News is what somebody somewhere wants to

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2012-11-21 Thread Miles Fidelman
Florian Snow wrote: Ok, I understand that you were offended by Ralf's original "joke", but is it really necessary to make an already heated debate worse by making statements like yours? Ralf already explained that he actually meant to apologize and didn't ask for an apology and others already

Re: Outrageous sexism

2012-11-21 Thread Siard
Ralf Mardorf wrote: > I guess I'll unsubscribe. IMO it became ridiculous. I wasn't > over-careful, IMO that's all. Wait, don't go! ;-) Here at the European side of the Atlantic, jokes about women as wel as men are very common, they are utterly harmless and no one takes them seriously. My observat

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2012-11-21 Thread Florian Snow
Lisi Reisz : On Wednesday 21 November 2012 17:13:18 Brad Rogers wrote: "Apologize!" means you're demanding an apology from someone else. He probably is! Ok, I understand that you were offended by Ralf's original "joke", but is it really necessary to make an already heated debate worse by ma

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2012-11-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-11-21 at 16:00 -0300, Beco wrote: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Wednesday 21 November 2012 16:55:22 Beco wrote: > >> Use of smiley face should point this was just a joke. As we can see in > >> this first use in 1982: > > > > That is what is so very offens

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2012-11-21 Thread Beco
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 2:46 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 21 November 2012 16:55:22 Beco wrote: >> Use of smiley face should point this was just a joke. As we can see in >> this first use in 1982: > > That is what is so very offensive. He thinks that being so rude about just > over half o

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2012-11-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-11-21 at 18:12 +, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:41:08 +0100 > Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Hello Ralf, > > >I'm not sure, if it's really just the language barrier. Coarse humour > > I picked up your intent, but clearly others didn't. At least one other > person involv

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2012-11-21 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:41:08 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: Hello Ralf, >I'm not sure, if it's really just the language barrier. Coarse humour I picked up your intent, but clearly others didn't. At least one other person involved in this rigmarole is not a native English speaker. As such, it's ess

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2012-11-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-11-21 at 17:46 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 21 November 2012 16:55:22 Beco wrote: > > Use of smiley face should point this was just a joke. As we can see in > > this first use in 1982: > > That is what is so very offensive. He thinks that being so rude about just > over h

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2012-11-21 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 21 November 2012 17:13:18 Brad Rogers wrote: > >Since I'm kill-filed you can't read it any more. Apologize! But I > > You should say either "I apologise" or "My apologies". > > "Apologize!" means you're demanding an apology from someone else. He probably is! Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

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2012-11-21 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 21 November 2012 16:55:22 Beco wrote: > Use of smiley face should point this was just a joke. As we can see in > this first use in 1982: That is what is so very offensive. He thinks that being so rude about just over half of the population is _funny_. As apparently do you. Lisi -

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2012-11-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
"My apologies". > > "Apologize!" means you're demanding an apology from someone else. I'm not sure, if it's really just the language barrier. Coarse humour doesn't lead to that much noise, in an environment where everything is ok. I'm sorry for th

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2012-11-21 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:47:20 +0100 Ralf Mardorf wrote: Hello Ralf, >Since I'm kill-filed you can't read it any more. Apologize! But I You should say either "I apologise" or "My apologies". "Apologize!" means you're demanding an apology from someone else. -- Regards _ / )

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2012-11-21 Thread Beco
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2012-11-21 at 16:34 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> On Wednesday 21 November 2012 15:51:24 Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> > Or a woman. I hope this isn't too sexist. >> >> It is, extremely. My husband says do you not think a woman is humanum as >

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2012-11-21 Thread Jochen Spieker
Lisi Reisz: > On Wednesday 21 November 2012 15:51:24 Ralf Mardorf wrote: >> Or a woman. I hope this isn't too sexist. > > It is, extremely. My husband says do you not think a woman is humanum as > well? I think you got Ralf wrong. He did not want to express that women are not human but "to make

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2012-11-21 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2012-11-21 at 16:34 +, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 21 November 2012 15:51:24 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > Or a woman. I hope this isn't too sexist. > > It is, extremely. My husband says do you not think a woman is humanum as > well? > > I'm going to protect myself from you by kill-f

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2012-11-21 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Wednesday 21 November 2012 15:51:24 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Or a woman. I hope this isn't too sexist. It is, extremely. My husband says do you not think a woman is humanum as well? I'm going to protect myself from you by kill-filing you. You are utterly, utterly beyond the pale. Lisi --