On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:43:07 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:
Jim Henderson wrote:
I know you said your questions are rhetorical and there's no need to reply, but I feel somewhat compelled to reply regardless. :-)
Yeah, I didn't think it would be enough to keep you away. <smile>
You know me too well. ;-)
I'd say that for something like this, fairly conservative rules are what would make sense. In this case, we're talking about the objectification of women, and I think you'd be hard pressed to find a modern culture that deemed that acceptable.
Yet it happens all the time and in many places it's not considered a big deal. That's not the same as saying it's acceptable, but that's is also not a reason for us - the openSUSE project - to be spending a lot of time and words on discussing it, not to mention trying to do something about it.
It's easy to sit back and say it's "not a big deal" when one is not a part of the group that something offensive is being offensive about. I understand what you're saying here, but you aren't female (I'm guessing) and I'm not, so neither of us have had the experience of being treated like one - but I'm sure that this sort of thing popping up gets old after a while. It seems, though, that the individual who hosts the page in question didn't know he was being syndicated on lizards. That may be a better topic for discussion - ie, informing those who are to be syndicated, getting their OK on it, and attaching some terms & conditions to that so it's recognised that with that syndication comes some responsibilities, one of which is to make an attempt not to offend our membership/user base and to deal with any such material appropriately when it's brought to their attention - or to decide to opt out.
It's not a question of PC-ness, it's a question of being respectful - and it's a question of the image of the openSUSE project as a whole.
Hmm, I think I'll stick to thinking it's PC-ness.
You certainly can do that, I wouldn't try (and couldn't) stop you. ;-) Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org