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Re: nice review, with one exception
by jospoortvliet on Sunday 20/Jan/2008, @10:48

Well, I didn't (and don't) want to be involved in the discussion you had with the other guy - but I would like to say I understand what you said. You might have overreacted, but your point is valid, and I won't promise anything (I tend to forget) but I'll try to use other terms in the future.

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Re: nice review, with one exception
by Paul on Sunday 20/Jan/2008, @11:36

> I'll try to use other terms in the future.

Please don't, I love your articles. Let's not censure ourselves to make some people happy. If you have to obey to every single religious sensibility then you might as well stop talking about technologies and drop KDE to be sure not to upset the Amish reading this.

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Re: nice review, with one exception
by mactalla on Sunday 20/Jan/2008, @12:40

I just want to say that I think you're handling this situation better than most others I see in this thread. We can never know the effect that our words or actions will have on every single person in the world. As the project grows we will continue to have more and more people with different backgrounds. Without knowing someone's past or current situation, we can't anticipate how something we feel is innocent might negatively affect them. As a physical example, peanuts seem quite benign, even tasty. But to certain people they could spell death. Similarly, if someone had been attacked by a dog as a child, they would likely shy away from visiting anyone with a pet dog.

So, Jos, thanks for trying to understand yman and where he/she is coming from. And yman, thanks to you as well, I see you're also trying to understand others' culture and the definition of the word to realize it wasn't intended to be offensive. English is a very confusing language. One of the most common mistakes I hear from others is 'fun' vs. 'funny'. They both have the same root and similar positive connotation, however they are quite distinct in their meaning.

I don't want to prolong this off topic conversation, but wanted to encourage understanding of the different people and cultures within our community.

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