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

[Matthew Rubenstein]

	Tell us the "non-bigoted" comment, and the context. With the
understanding, of course, that we'll rely on you for the context. Then
we'll see whether the situations are really the same, or whether you're
just conflating them.


On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 08:29 -0600, Mike Hammett wrote:
> 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...
> 
> 
> -----
> 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
> >>
> > -- 
> >
> > (C) Matthew Rubenstein
> >
> >
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(C) Matthew Rubenstein