Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.024 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; 'received:mail- qc0-f174.google.com': 0.09; 'subject:language': 0.09; 'cc:addr :python-list': 0.10; 'subject:python': 0.11; 'afterwards.': 0.16; 'cherry': 0.16; 'oct': 0.16; 'wed,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; "shouldn't": 0.17; 'meant': 0.21; 'not,': 0.21; 'tells': 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.23; 'seems': 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'am,': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'correct': 0.28; 'subject:list': 0.28; 'post': 0.28; 'towards': 0.32; 'goes': 0.33; 'him.': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'pm,': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'actions': 0.36; "didn't": 0.36; 'too': 0.36; 'why': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'received:209.85.216': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'comment': 0.38; 'called': 0.39; 'little': 0.39; 'subject:-': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'think': 0.40; 'time,': 0.62; 'further,': 0.71; 'yourself': 0.77; '9:02': 0.84; 'politically': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=6tvKIXqZFEJ9E/3GRT7FfagVHGEv6dLrBuD1EUwGRc0=; b=qnfqVBaevwPmNHzlzKySlTk+urquZzWh9LqeGiG78uXafutLHj2XZVFc2IfgYBADEc aoTI686jiy6qIBFEqmQdnO+G1jruT/F62DEX55dSIydayI14ue2FHaE0MrWsNoFWxAln 5N2yzgTE9TUwgWvDUw0eTJoQ8IyeBheHAGkN1mBpFtCDL6v8Sfa9n4NUz4qibKrO3WoO 5uE+0MNHA78AAI7YJXG6lI8B5/jpyYqusPpERf0Dwva0hj9u4wjtPdKkLyppZS3S4y9O dv9TgrT+y1ozz5YH/tttAlLh1+g7FRkAsS03+Zg0JjeWnUrkdiR/Ho11tJrGGLFbTy3S QGJA== MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <77361fb4-a59a-45b0-85e2-95472aec3716@n7g2000pbj.googlegroups.com> References: <27cbf07c-60ac-41ac-a00f-dbe8edf45078@b9g2000pbc.googlegroups.com> <85099bc2-fa24-4cc5-bd94-3015b9af694f@googlegroups.com> <507d900e$0$6599$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <5a713407-d82f-4067-8ffa-6b8b66c1edf1@googlegroups.com> <507e1baf$0$6599$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <35b41895-45d9-4f2e-9285-2bb0c36fb2a6@googlegroups.com> <507f3c6c$0$6599$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <77361fb4-a59a-45b0-85e2-95472aec3716@n7g2000pbj.googlegroups.com> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:13:25 -0400 Subject: Re: Aggressive language on python-list From: Dwight Hutto To: alex23 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1350522808 news.xs4all.nl 6850 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:51564 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:31565 On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 9:02 PM, alex23 wrote: > On Oct 18, 9:53 am, Dwight Hutto wrote: >> To take it a little further, what if I said I got gypped. I think it >> goes to gypsy's. Was it racist? > > Ignorant racism is still racism. No it's not, that 's why it's called ignorant...you just didn't know what it meant at the time, and correct yourself afterwards. Historical racism is still racism. No shit Sherlock. > >> It seems that we get too politically correct when we want to cherry >> pick a comment for propaganda against someone. > > I think a person who tells others not to be sensitive to his actions > towards them shouldn't post so many complaints about how other people > are acting toward him. -- Best Regards, David Hutto CEO: http://www.hitwebdevelopment.com