On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 04:19:34PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote: > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 04:08:31PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 03:49:23PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > On 07/17/13 15:02, Guenter Roeck wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 07:40:43AM -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote: > > > > > > > > [ ... ] > > > >> > > > >> The result: 75% of their developers are women. If you give a flying > > > >> fuck about diversity, and want to attract women to your open source > > > > > > > > The f word is considered highly offensive in some cultures. Granted its use is > > > > now far more spread than it used to be, but it seems interesting to me that you > > > > of all people use a word which I personally would never use at all, much less > > > > in front of a woman. Sounds like a contradiction to me, especially when you use > > > > it while arguing for a more civil discussion. > > > > > > > > Do you think you need to use that word to make a point ? If so, why do you want > > > > to take that right away from others ? > > > > > > Thank you for your comment. (seriously) > > > > > > and Dave Miller's as well. > > > > The USA social conventions have changed quite significantly over the past > > 50 years, haven't they? But that is OK, the younger people on this list > > will likely have the opportunity to experience far greater changes over > > the next 50 years, especially given increasing fractions of people's > > life experiences being publicly recorded. It would be interesting to > > see how they react, but I probably won't be around to witness it. ;-) > > > My kids use the word all the time, and look at me with an odd face if I point out > that it is not a nice word to use (for me). Several people I know and respect > seem to be unable to say a sentence without using it. So, yes, I am aware that > times are changing, and that my cultural context is different than that of the > culture I am living in. But that isn't the point here. Heh! If I were to ask each of the N participants in this thread what the point was, would I get fewer than N different answers? ;-) Thanx, Paul -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html