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

Eric Chamberlain eric at voxilla.com
Wed Nov 14 13:45:57 CST 2007


> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-biz-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-biz-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Timothy Penner
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 11:03 AM
> To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
> Cc: Alex Pilosov
> Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Manners (was: Re: "Whats New at Digium the Ast
> erisk Company")
> 
> 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!
> 
> Lets keep this list on track!!
> 

Tim, as Matthew explained, it's about context.

When I say, "I'm gay", it's not meant as a pejorative.  When someone describes something as being "gay beyond words" or "totally gay", it is meant as a pejorative.  And given the history of this pejorative, its use is offensive and particularly rude for this or any Asterisk forum.

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Eric Chamberlain, CISSP
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