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| From | Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> |
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| Subject | Re: HELP!! How to ask a girl out with a simple witty Python code?? |
| Date | 2015-03-06 16:35 +0000 |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
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On 06/03/2015 11:53, alister wrote: > On Fri, 06 Mar 2015 14:23:22 +1100, Ben Finney wrote: > >> >> No. I'm saying that it's clear the person saying “get their panties all >> up in a bunch” fully intends to convey specifically *female* underwear, >> and thereby to use implied femininity as an insult. >> >> Yes, of course I know some people who aren't female wear panties. Yes, >> of course I know some women wear underwear that isn't panties. Don't try >> to change the topic with absurd logical extremes that I didn't raise. >> >> I'm talking about the implication of the comment as a gendered insult. >> >>> It's only gender specific if you accept the sexist gendered stereotype >>> that all women are by definition thin-skinned and excessively >>> sensitive. >> >> Bullshit. I said nothing about the sensitivity of anyone. Individual >> women you may know – even *all* women, everywhere – could be as tough as >> nails, and it doesn't address the point I'm raising. >> >> Whether any particular woman is targeted or not, the comment I'm >> responding to invokes female gender as an implied insult. That's >> unwelcoming to women, and I don't want such unwelcoming attitudes in >> this community. > > I have not seen one female poster on this site claim to be offended by > the comment or even consider it to be a slur. > > I doubt that the original poster of the comment intended it to be either > & most people reading it would have known that (regardless of their > gender) > > one thing i personally find offensive is when someone raises an issue on > someone else's behalf because they THINK they MIGHT get offended without > bothering to check. > > I am not female so this particular instance does not relate to me but an > example from a few years ago was when a popular UK soap made an extreme > effort not to show a cross or Christmas tree during a church wedding in > case it "offended not-Christians". > > I am a non-Christian & found that decision offensive. > When a UK TV station showed the Dam Busters film some years ago and edited out the part about the burial of Guy Gibson's dog, I wasn't offended, I was downright livid. How dare they distort history in an attempt to avoid offending people. -- My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask what you can do for our language. Mark Lawrence
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Re: How fast does your grass grow? [was Re: HELP!! How to ask a girl out with a simple witty Python code??] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-06 15:04 +1100
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