I have a couple of female friends who are patchers. They
think all of this is funny—a bunch of ‘intellectual’ men
debating over how women feel! Women
have been facing discrimination for ever….thank god most of these women
have a better sense of humor than most of us here!
-----Original Message-----
From: pd-list-bounces@iem.at
[mailto:pd-list-bounces@iem.at] On Behalf Of vade
Sent:
To: Alexandre Castonguay
Cc: PD List; hard.off@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PD] about sexy-ism
Its a joke. Get over it. Comedians do it at venues of
over a 1000 all the time. Ever hear of George Carlin, Bill Hicks, Eddy Murphy
(back when he was funny..), etc etc.
Whether or not the PD list is the place for this,
well, frankly, I'll agree it isnt, but that was my point about 3.5^10 emails
ago - this thread is mind boggingly off topic - but that did not stop
discussion over such amazingly interesting topics as the etymology of sexism,
constructive comments about street jargon, academia and fun statistics over who
applied and got accepted to what.
Jesus fucking christ, its a joke about CONSENSUAL SEX
USING PD OBJECTS AS A METAPHOR. OH NO. OH DEAR GOD OH MENSTRUATION. OH YUCK BOO
HOO.
No one notices Hard off also making fun of himself
there. Ah, so typically one sided.
Look.
We are all humans.
Some of us have vaginas, others penises. (hell some
even have both)
Some of us use PD and/or other Dataflow languages.
Can we PLEASE GET OVER IT ALREADY?
That email was more a comment on the lunacy of the
aforementioned thread as well as some of you over intellectualizing every
goddamn last minutiae of the topic - rather than an actual genuine heartfelt
AFFRONT TO ALL OF WOMANKIND.
Perhaps if you took of your lab coat, removed the
various PHDs from behind your desk, and any other assorted academic
paraphernalia that may be laying about* - including the self righteousness -
you might see that last email as an attempt to cut through the bullshit of this
topic. Im sorry I have to spell it out for you.
*I am well aware that you and others may literally
have said items behind your potentially non existing desk, however, I hope you
can all grok the metaphor - somehow I feel ill be disappointed yet again...
The bottom line is, if PD is going to be used by
Artists, prepare to be offended.
On
I think the post and this attitude has no place on
this list. The use of
objects is smart but it doesn't excuse the moronic and
offensive nature of
the post. What
makes you think that your freedom of speech should come at
the expense of women feeling violated and insulted? I wonder if you would
state something like that before a crowd of 1000. I feel disgusted.
Alexandre