--- On Thu, 2/10/11, Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 06:20:33PM -0800, Luben Tuikov > wrote: > > > --- On Wed, 2/9/11, Sarah Sharp <sarah.a.sharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > > Can Intel or an old boys club member > submit a patch to > > > > fix this? > > > > > Shouldn't be that difficult given the > above. > > > > > > > > Please refrain from sexist comments. "Old > boys club" > > > > implies an > > > > exclusion of women. Thanks. > > > > > I'm surprised you assumed that I'm a man. This is > in itself sexist. > > > What if I were a woman? Did you deduce my > sex by my name? > > > > I would have made the same comment if you were a > woman. There are > > sexist women out there. I have heard women imply that > certain things are > > "a man's job" before, and I have called them on it > too. > > > > It's good to know you did not intend for your remarks > to be interpreted > > as sexist, but they clearly have been. I suggest > you read > > http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Nonsexist_language > to gain some > > perspective on what other technical women think is > sexist language. > > To be fair, I don't think there is a nonsexist equivalent > of "old boys' > club". Somehow "old people's club" just doesn't have > the same punch... > > Besides, Luben clearly intended the phrase to be insulting > and > derogatory. Evidently he succeeded a little better > than anticipated. Alan, what you're doing here is called libel. You clarifying to the world what I "clearly intended". Do you fancy yourself an authority here to clarify to the world what I or other people "clearly intended"? Do you not realize that you have just proven my point? Luben -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
