Author: Tony Whitmore Date: To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] JOB: Senior Security Engineer | LOCATION: London,
England, UK
On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:25:10 +0100, John Cooper <lug@???>
wrote: > Tony Whitmore wrote:
>> Rik,
>>
>> Rik wrote:
>>> The apt response to this is YOU <deleted>
>>
>> This behaviour and language is totally inappropriate for a LUG and
>> mailing list which tries to be a welcoming and accepting place. I
>> sincerely hope that no-one trying to get an impression of Hampshire LUG
>> sees your reaction and assumes the general character of the LUG to be
>> aligned with your behaviour.
>
> In support of what Rik actually said, ie. the post clearly had JOB in
> the title to allow filtering, I don't see he needs to apologise for
> using a strong tone in answering the initial response. I took it as him
> being annoyed. I wouldn't personally use the word Nazi, but perhaps
> younger people do use it and our use of words is constantly changing
> with each generation.
I was referring to his use of the F-word and other abusive terms in his
later e-mail, as referenced in the quote I included in my e-mail. I have
not commented on use of language relating to Nazis.
