RE: [Leica] LUG manners

["Kit McChesney | acmefoto" <kitmc@acmefoto.com>]

Brian--

Thank you for noticing the racial slur. I'd also like to add, too, that
there seems to be no shortage of sexist remarks targeting women, and I saw
an offhand slur against non-straight folk last week as well. Neither of
those derogatory remarks made me especially happy. Not to mention the
reference to "crackers," which I tried to handle with some humor (and that
eventually led to some good cornbread and armadillo stew recipes!).

Thanks.

Kit McChesney

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Brian Reid
Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 2:09 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] LUG manners


I would really appreciate everyone's cooperation in keeping political
arguments and posturing to a minimum on the LUG. Anybody who has been here
for more than a few months knows the political position of the people who
post a lot, and anybody who has been here for the whole 12 years knows that
nobody has ever changed their political opinions as a result of arguments
made on the LUG.

Even if you're upset and think that many other LUGgers are idiots, this is
not the right place to assert that belief. The LUGforum exists for this kind
of argument, though it hasn't been used much since the 9/11 arguments died
down.

Also, I noticed a racial slur on the LUG last week. Someone used a
derogatory term for Japanese. Don't do this. Be respectful of people.



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