SmutOnRails
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SmutOnRails
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Re: SmutOnRails
#2Slides: http://slideshare.net/mattetti/couchdb-perform-like-a-pr0n-s...
I think anyone who was offended has no sense of humor.
Re: SmutOnRails
#3This horse is dead by now. Please, stop beating it.
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#4I think that business has to stay a bit neutral, because it's a place where people are thrust into. That's what etiquette is - it's a way of ensuring that different people follow a similar set of rules so that there is no friction.
If a person wishes to publish such a presentation on his blog, that's fine, but not at a conference. Imagine the presentation were about aborigines in a similar manner. It would be regarded as discriminatory, and similar rules should be used to judge sexism.
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#5Slides: http://slideshare.net/mattetti/couchdb-perform-like-a-pr0n-s... I think anyone who was offended has no sense of humor.
Whatever slides upset anyone must be missing from that presentation, because that's harmless.
America really need to cool down when it comes to nudity. It really won't hurt the children.
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#6Slides: http://slideshare.net/mattetti/couchdb-perform-like-a-pr0n-s... I think anyone who was offended has no sense of humor.
Whatever slides upset anyone must be missing from that presentation, because that's harmless. America really need to cool down when it comes to nudity. It really won't hurt the children.
Won't someone think of the children? If they see these slides they might some day... gasp... reproduce! We can't let that happen, can we?
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#7I think that business has to stay a bit neutral, because it's a place where people are thrust into. That's what etiquette is - it's a way of ensuring that different people follow a similar set of rules so that there is no friction. If a person wishes to publish such a presentation on his blog, that's fine, but not at a conference. Imagine the presentation were about aborigines in a similar manner. It would be regarde…
It's not sexism or any other -ism when it's funny.
Edit: why is everyone so easily offended nowadays? You have the right to offend and the right be offended! That's part of society. You can't stop this by making up political correctness rules.
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#8This horse is dead by now. Please, stop beating it.
Do you mean to say that you've heard enough discussion about it? There are obviously underlying issues that haven't been resolved yet.
Re: SmutOnRails
#9Slides: http://slideshare.net/mattetti/couchdb-perform-like-a-pr0n-s... I think anyone who was offended has no sense of humor.
Whatever slides upset anyone must be missing from that presentation, because that's harmless. America really need to cool down when it comes to nudity. It really won't hurt the children.
Who said it was just America that was offended?
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#10I think that business has to stay a bit neutral, because it's a place where people are thrust into. That's what etiquette is - it's a way of ensuring that different people follow a similar set of rules so that there is no friction. If a person wishes to publish such a presentation on his blog, that's fine, but not at a conference. Imagine the presentation were about aborigines in a similar manner. It would be regarde…
It's not sexism or any other -ism when it's funny. Edit: why is everyone so easily offended nowadays? You have the right to offend and the right be offended! That's part of society. You can't stop this by making up political correctness rules.
"You have the right to offend and the right be offended!"
It's not question of rights, it's a question of what the technology industry believes is reasonable behaviour. My belief is that this presentation and the Rails leadership's response to it was way out of line. Martin Fowler's SmutOnRails post shows that he has similar thoughts.