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Re: LACC: Re: Is hate code speech?
William H. Geiger III wrote:
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> In <[email protected]>, on 08/26/98
> at 12:50 PM, Dan Stromberg <[email protected]> said:
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> >William H. Geiger III wrote:
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> >> In <Pine.SUN.3.91.980825155854.3483A-100000@baker>, on 08/25/98
> >> at 04:19 PM, Xcott Craver <[email protected]> said:
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> >> >On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, William H. Geiger III wrote:
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> >> >> <sigh> Now we have to worry about PC variable and function names. What a
> >> >> crock.
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> >> > Oh, yeah, you really have to worry about *accidentally*
> >> > calling your variables getwatermelons and somefriedchicken.
> >> > Reminds me of this one guy in our neighborhood who was just
> >> > jogging by our house, bent down to tie a shoelace, lost
> >> > his balance and accidentally planted a huge burning cross
> >> > in our front lawn. Woops! Those damn PC-mongers are
> >> > making it a crime to jog!
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> >> Yes and if I want to name my variables getwatermelons and somefiredchicken
> >> who are you to tell me I can't?
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> >A company worth working for will have a policy that tells you you cannot.
> >(Ok, those variables are a fuzzy issue - Very bad taste. The violent
> >stuff mentioned in the original article is clear cut, however)
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> Company policy and federal law are two different things. A company should
> be able to set their policy to whatever they want, don't like it don't
> work there.
Gosh, no kidding? Company policy isn't the same as fed law?
As I said, a company worth working for, will have a policy that
creates/preserves a decent working environment.
> Also please explain exactly what "violent stuff" you are in reference to
> and how it is "clear cut".
Violence is obviously out of line. Or do you like being threatened?
> >Creating a hostile environment with the expectation that you'll never
> >hire someone who's black is "ok"?
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> 1st off the whole notion of "hostile environment" is bunk. It is a loosely
> undefined term to mean anything the PC crowd wants it to. If you do or say
I can see you're not worth bothering with.
Sad that I wasted this much time responding.