Re: Insulting racial terms (was Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] Version control)

2009-03-24 Thread Daniel Bush
2009/3/22 Kevin Saenz kevsa...@spinaweb.com.au We are Not Political Correctness R Us. thus can we all Drop this Political Correctness Nightmare and start discussing Linux related topics? If only Robert had said whoa there kemosabe! Everything would have been just dandy. Everyone under the

Re: Insulting racial terms (was Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] Version control)

2009-03-24 Thread Michael Davies
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Daniel Bush dlb.id...@gmail.com wrote: If only Robert had said whoa there kemosabe! Everything would have been just dandy. http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/7286/RANGERFARSIDE.GIF -- Michael Davies Do what you think is interesting, do something

Re: Insulting racial terms (was Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] Version control)

2009-03-24 Thread david
I'm really upset... I'm white, male, not crippled or deformed or a dwarf, no disabilities, have a job, not over 65, I'm not a lesbian, or a whale. How come *I* don't get insulted! This is discrimination. Michael Davies wrote: On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Daniel Bush dlb.id...@gmail.com

Re: Insulting racial terms (was Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] Version control)

2009-03-24 Thread Kevin Saenz
LMAO gold. On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Daniel Bush dlb.id...@gmail.com wrote: If only Robert had said whoa there kemosabe! Everything would have been just dandy. http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/7286/RANGERFARSIDE.GIF -- Michael Davies Do what you think is

Re: Insulting racial terms (was Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] Version control)

2009-03-24 Thread Daniel Bush
Did you know that 'git' in english means, uhm, git ? :D Someone, get Linus on the line! 2009/3/25 david da...@kenpro.com.au I'm really upset... I'm white, male, not crippled or deformed or a dwarf, no disabilities, have a job, not over 65, I'm not a lesbian, or a whale. How come *I* don't

Re: Insulting racial terms (was Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] Version control)

2009-03-22 Thread Kevin Saenz
We are Not Political Correctness R Us. thus can we all Drop this Political Correctness Nightmare and start discussing Linux related topics? On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 01:07:08PM +1100, Daniel Pittman wrote: Alan L Tyree a...@austlii.edu.au writes: On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:29:32 +1100 Sonia

Insulting racial terms (was Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] Version control)

2009-03-21 Thread Daniel Pittman
Alan L Tyree a...@austlii.edu.au writes: On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:29:32 +1100 Sonia Hamilton so...@snowfrog.net wrote: [...] PS You might want to lookup what tonto means [1] before you go around calling people it. It was a term of disrespect for Amerindians on the US/Mexican border in the

Re: Insulting racial terms (was Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] Version control)

2009-03-21 Thread Kevin Saenz
[...] PS You might want to lookup what tonto means [1] before you go around calling people it. It was a term of disrespect for Amerindians on the US/Mexican border in the 1800's. At least be grammatically correct, and call me tonta :-p [1] http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/tonto For

Re: Insulting racial terms (was Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] Version control)

2009-03-21 Thread Aníbal Monsalve Salazar
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 01:07:08PM +1100, Daniel Pittman wrote: Alan L Tyree a...@austlii.edu.au writes: On Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:29:32 +1100 Sonia Hamilton so...@snowfrog.net wrote: PS You might want to lookup what tonto means [1] before you go around calling people it. It was a term of disrespect

Re: Insulting racial terms (was Re: [SLUG] Re: [chat] Version control)

2009-03-21 Thread James Dumay
Because no one else will say it _I_ will. Please refrain from having these sorts of email discussions on the SLUG mailing lists. Lots of people just end up being offended and it does nothing to make SLUG appealing for those subscribed to the list. Thanks James 2009/3/22 Aníbal Monsalve Salazar