Re: [NTLK] [OT] Gay Mackey

From: Lee, Christopher J (christopher.j.lee_at_intel.com)
Date: Mon Jun 24 2002 - 09:36:05 EDT


Urf. I know I wasn't gonna further this, but I just had to say...

Good point!

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Bond Shepherd [mailto:jbond_at_eskimo.com]
Sent: Friday, June 21, 2002 3:27 PM
To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Subject: Re: [NTLK] [OT] Gay Mackey

>
>you're right, and i wasn't trying to start a debate, but merely to
>possibly extract an apology from the guy for making such a snotty
>remark. i'm not even gay but i found it extremely offensive.

I am, and I don't really care. Using gay as a synonym for lame, wimpy, or
whatever just isn't very smart; it betrays the ignorance (or indifference)
of the speaker to the obvious objections that will result therefore
distracting the listener from whatever else of value he had to say. Not a
wise move for someone trying to communicate an idea -- unless that
ignorance or indifference was the idea he was trying to communicate in the
first place.

-J

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