[asterisk-biz] Manners (was: Re: "Whats New at Digium theAsterisk Company")

[Mike Hammett]

I would have to agree.  A non-bigoted comment I made on the Dell forum got 
me booted.  I can't recall how many prime time shows I've heard this phrase 
on, but nonetheless...


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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Rubenstein" <email at mattruby.com>
To: "Alex Pilosov" <alex at pilosoft.com>
Cc: "Asterisk -Biz" <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 6:11 PM
Subject: [asterisk-biz] Manners (was: Re: "Whats New at Digium theAsterisk 
Company")


> There's a difference between slang and a bigoted slur. If you don't
> know the difference, you should learn it now. I don't need to be a saint
> to point out basic manners of speaking in public. If you think so little
> of this -biz community, please just stay out of it.
>
>
> On Tue, 2007-11-13 at 16:06 -0500, Alex Pilosov wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Matthew Rubenstein wrote:
>>
>> > Not only is that comment useless in pure business terms, but using
>> > the word "gay" like that poisons business relationships, and demeans 
>> > the
>> > entire community.
>> Blah blah blah. Look at the halo above Matthew's head.
>>
>> Sometimes slang is the only thing that adequately captures the inherent
>> stupidity.
>>
>> Anyway, this is ridiculous. Business relationships? Entire "Community"? 
>> On
>> asterisk-biz? You must be joking. -biz has become a soapbox for Rehan
>> AhmedWallahBismillah etc and a kindergarden of tin-can-and-asterisk
>> providers.
>>
>> -alex
>>
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> (C) Matthew Rubenstein
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