Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] How to act on LKML

Paul E. McKenney
2013-07-17T23:08:31Z

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 03:49:23PM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 07/17/13 15:02, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> > On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 07:40:43AM -0700, Sarah Sharp wrote:
> >
> > [ ... ]
> >>
> >> The result: 75% of their developers are women. If you give a flying
> >> fuck about diversity, and want to attract women to your open source
> >
> > The f word is considered highly offensive in some cultures. Granted its use is
> > now far more spread than it used to be, but it seems interesting to me that you
> > of all people use a word which I personally would never use at all, much less
> > in front of a woman. Sounds like a contradiction to me, especially when you use
> > it while arguing for a more civil discussion.
> >
> > Do you think you need to use that word to make a point ? If so, why do you want
> > to take that right away from others ?
>
> Thank you for your comment. (seriously)
>
> and Dave Miller's as well.

The USA social conventions have changed quite significantly over the past
50 years, haven't they? But that is OK, the younger people on this list
will likely have the opportunity to experience far greater changes over
the next 50 years, especially given increasing fractions of people's
life experiences being publicly recorded. It would be interesting to
see how they react, but I probably won't be around to witness it. ;-)

Thanx, Paul