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

[Matthew Rubenstein]

On Wed, 2007-11-14 at 11:03 -0800, Timothy Penner wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nick Seraphin [mailto:asterisk at eaglequest.com] 
> > 
> > 5) It is absolutely insane how people overreact and take 
> > everything so personally when someone doesn't use 100% 
> > political correctness.  God help us if Alex says "Merry 
> > Christmas" next month or tells a joke about a midget that 
> > walked into a bar, blah blah blah.  You might have a coronary.
> 
> Oh Noes!   he said "God help us" on a public mailing list!!!!  call the
> thought police because that is challenging my beliefs and is politically
> incorrect!  
> 
> Just like using the word "gay" to describe a product, some people take
> offense to different things, such as referencing "God" "to help us"....
> Strange concept huh, that different people think differently.... wow! 

	Using "god help us" in public does not refer to any power inequality
that oppresses any group with words frequently backed by violence. That
"argument", as I clearly explained, is a collection of words amounting
to nothing more than propaganda, not any kind of meaningful rebuttal.
We're not talking about people's private, individual sensibilities, but
the actual treatment of actual people which is often accompanied by
beatings, and broadly supports denying people basic rights. Real, live
people, not some character you saw on TV when some privileged person
complained about "political correctness" that deprives them of their
abusive habits in public.

	The shameless display on this public list of people insisting on
childish, bigoted speech is disturbing. But it has the benefit of
informing people what to expect from some people's sense of decency and
fair treatment. I know I won't do business with bigots, because it's
only a matter of time before they find some excuse to treat me rudely or
actually do me material wrong, inventing rationalizations that protect
their privilege with a fake basis of "right and wrong".


> Lets keep this list on track!!

	Practice what you preach.


> -Tim

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