Agreed. For my part, too, it wasn't the picture per se that I objected to particularly and wanted to speak up against - it was more the ensuing debate and the attitudes betrayed therein by certain parties. Also, for what it's worth, I don't think the 'but my wife thinks it's fine' defense holds that much water. Surely we're smart enough to realize that opinions may differ on something like this from one woman to another? The contention was never 'all women will be offended by this'; rather, 'it's possible that some women may feel less-than-comfortable with this'. On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, February 11, 2013 9:31 am, Al Thompson wrote: >> On 02/10/2013 03:15 PM, Louigi Verona wrote: >>> I just showed my wife the wallpaper and asked her opinion. She loved >>> it and said this is not sexism. >> >> >> I honestly believe that sxdx has never actually talked to a woman about >> things like this. I think he would be in for a rude awakening. >> > > I don't think it was the harmless picture on the desktop that got him > going. If you look at the whole conversation and open both links while > imagining the outcome of the suggestion for how to display the random pics > you could easily come to the conclusion that it was a very chauvinist > moment on #LAD. > > However that seems to be IRC in general so I'm not sure why SXDX was > particularly offended by that moment of sexism compared to any of the > other countless moments that we encounter it on a daily basis. > > What is certain is that he was inspired to create a great piece of HARD > Core Grind with lyrics that may even go down in the history books for > their simplicity and impact. I'm also impressed with the speed at which he > managed to whip it off the production line too. > > All up an inspired and/or inspiring moment. > > I hope the track gets a lot of radio play in the coming years. > > -- > Patrick Shirkey > Boost Hardware Ltd > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
