Chris' argument implies that the term "for the ladies" is a fairly popular term because it shows up on Google. Not whether or not it's "ok".
Whether or not the term is morally acceptable is the argument at hand. Pornography is extremely popular, yet most would argue that it is not morally acceptable. Art is also very popular, yet it is morally accepted. Whether or not Google shows x-number of hits regarding the topic only shows it's popularity, not it's moral face-value. Thus, the reason for my confusion in her logic. By her suggesting in a thread where the argument is the moral question of the term "Linux for ladies" that pornography is not morally acceptable, tells me that she is putting that term in the same arena as pornography. After showing the shirt to my wife, she suggests the exact opposite of what is being described here. Her first thought was that Ubuntu is marketing Linux exclusively for women, thus alienating men. It is if Ubuntu is a feminine distro, and not good enough for men. So, if anyone should be offended, it should be the men who don't have a masculine Ubuntu version for them. Again, these were her first thoughts. Thanks, +--------------------------------------------------------------+ |Aaron Toponce _ Join the ASCII Ribbon Campaign | |OALUG President ( ) http://www.asciiribbon.org | |http://www.aarontoponce.org X Against HTML e-mail | |http://www.oalug.com / \ Against proprietary attachments| +--------------Best viewed with a monospace font---------------+ Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Aaron, > > On Mon, Aug 20, 2007 at 07:33:42AM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote: >> Melissa Draper wrote: >>>> Do a google search for the phrase "for the ladies" - Observe 1,950,000 >>>> results. Are all of these offensive? >>> Do a google search for "porn" and tell me how many results you get. Not >>> all the results are actually porn, so does this make porn ok as well? >>> >> I understand the basis for his argument. I don't understand the basis >> for yours. Are you suggesting that the term "Linux for ladies" is porn? >> > > I read it that Melissa is arguing that "just because it can be found on > google, does not make it okay.". > > Cheers, > Al.
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