Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rod Pemberton Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: when is colorforth.com back? is anyone interviewing chuck? Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 23:01:37 -0400 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 74 Message-ID: <20170422230137.57d92f02@_> References: <1c46207b-a796-4cd1-8407-4821967de03f@googlegroups.com> <20170421230021.14b6113c@_> <34762cf6-808b-4f2c-938d-fcbce91a529a@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ZTD62cW/Uw8bymX5ok+0NA.user.gioia.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:57879 On Fri, 21 Apr 2017 22:23:12 -0700 (PDT) Julian Fondren wrote: > On Friday, April 21, 2017 at 9:59:19 PM UTC-5, Rod Pemberton wrote: > > On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 21:26:39 -0700 (PDT) > > gavino himself wrote: > > > Id bet Id get better answers than from you fags. > > > > Your usage of the last word in that sentence in that manner was once > > common in the U.S. > > Oh gosh, let's try not to offend anyone when we insult others, OK? What? Gavino, intentionally or not, was insulting. At least, many people in one community say it is insulting. Personally, I don't care if he uses that word or not. So, why is this directed at me? ... > > It isn't so much anymore, except for people of a > > certain age. > > That 'certain age' is > 1. everyone older than your dad, back to the zeroth generation; and > 2. everyone younger than your son, until the last generation. Don't you have older/younger reversed? Years would be helpful. > [snip bizarre rant] Who was this bizarre rant directed at? > Anyway, this is my advice to you: instead of trying LAZILY and > EFFORTLESSLY to accrue social kudos through the taking of offense on > behalf of others who are not even offended, I didn't take any offense to what he said. That word doesn't offend me. I also wasn't interested in "social kudos" whatever that may be. I thought someone should point out the obvious. Everyone here had wanted to say something to Gavino, but instead everyone had been avoiding saying anything. This includes you. Instead, they kept "beating around the bush." Some people don't get hints. Others are bad at hinting. It took me to say something for you to say something, but you still didn't say something to Gavino. You said something to me instead, which makes no sense. How many times has Gavino used that word recently? Four? > try being SERIOUS and PUT SOME EFFORT IN to posts about your > Forth-in-C or whatever you're > working on. Ok. So, this was directed at me. I wasn't sure. I couldn't tell from the rant. It just made no sense. (Also, your rant must have made Juergen think it was Hugh you had replied to.) > [return to rant] > > People will appreciate that more deeply than they will +1 > of "a view I could get a dose of by turning any TV to any channel and > waiting at least until a commercial". You know that yourself, don't > you? The social kudos you get from such acts are a lie. How did I manage to become vilified for politely and correctly suggesting Gavino not use one word but use another? Isn't it still politically incorrect to use that word now? Are you a proxy or alias for someone else? It sure seems like it. Rod Pemberton -- All it takes for humanity to conquer the world's toughest problems is to hope, to believe, to share, and to do, in cooperation.