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Was firing an over-reaction?

Was firing an over-reaction?

Posted Mar 25, 2013 2:37 UTC (Mon) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129)
In reply to: Was firing an over-reaction? by sjj
Parent article: Blum: Adria Richards, PyCon, and How We All Lost

This matters in a public setting exactly because the two would sound the same.
Here's an example: All women are stupid is sexist, but not obscene. I have a really big dong is obscene, but not sexist. So no, they don't sound the same at all. Stop saying that because it's bollocks.


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Was firing an over-reaction?

Posted Mar 25, 2013 3:37 UTC (Mon) by sjj (subscriber, #2020) [Link]

Sigh. Yeah, so what? Both are INAPPROPRIATE behavior in this context. So is smoking weed in a presentation and heckling a female presenter: http://term.ie/blog/how-to-get-banned-from-pycon/

Again, inappropriate behavior is the problem. There's no need to lawyer around which exact bin it belongs to.

I'm so out of this thread.

Was firing an over-reaction?

Posted Mar 25, 2013 8:20 UTC (Mon) by marcH (subscriber, #57642) [Link]

> I'm so out of this thread.

... but apparently only as long as you have the last post in every sub-thread.

Was firing an over-reaction?

Posted Mar 25, 2013 10:30 UTC (Mon) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129) [Link]

By that logic, running a red light is the same as shooting someone because they're both forbidden by law. Of course, someone as unable to make distinctions as you will fail to see why that is a problem.

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