Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Xerox sues Apple! Message-ID: Date: 31 Dec 89 14:56:30 GMT References: <172@comcon.UUCP> <7326@ficc.uu.net> <9320@hoptoad.uucp> <7408@ficc.uu.net> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 11 In article jeffd@ficc.uu.net (jeff daiell) writes: > No, no, no, it's NOT! Peter, I know you only used this to illustrate > a point, but, it is not "OK" for *anyone* to use racial/national/ > ethnic slurs and epithets (yes, one has the right to -- but that > doesn't make it "OK"). So, Jeff, is it OK for you to call me a computer nerd? Is it OK for Karl to call me one? How about referring to myself that way? How about our buddy over on hoptoad? Or should I refer to myself as a socially disabled individual? -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . 'U` Also or . "It was just dumb luck that Unix managed to break through the Stupidity Barrier and become popular in spite of its inherent elegance." -- gavin@krypton.sgi.com