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

Paul E. McKenney
2013-07-18T00:57:02Z

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 04:19:34PM -0700, Guenter Roeck wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 04:08:31PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > 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. ;-)
> >
> My kids use the word all the time, and look at me with an odd face if I point out
> that it is not a nice word to use (for me). Several people I know and respect
> seem to be unable to say a sentence without using it. So, yes, I am aware that
> times are changing, and that my cultural context is different than that of the
> culture I am living in. But that isn't the point here.

Heh! If I were to ask each of the N participants in this thread what
the point was, would I get fewer than N different answers? ;-)

Thanx, Paul