Coder Girl...

[ted leslie]

I actually didn't make a monkey<->black relationship myself,
maybe its just a age, local thing,
but, since he said
"You people there...."  
not best grammar,
but referring to the "people" responding to the post,
from TLUG, who as a group, are very non-black (as a general stat)
i could in no way take this post as in any ways implying this negative correlation.
But it has made for interesting morning entertainment on the virtual lynching of zb :)
[and by lynching i do not make any correlation to the lynching common in the
southern states in the days of men wearing silly white bed sheets and pointy white hats, targeted at blacks, and 
therefore I am not inferring that zb is black, but rather referring to the general act of lynching - just to be clear]

-tl

On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:52:09 -0400
Madison Kelly <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Zbigniew Koziol wrote:
> > Rajinder Yadav wrote:
> >> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Colin 
> >> McGregor<colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >>  
> >>> Ran across the following rap music tribute to a woman programmer:
> >>>
> >>>  http://php-princess.net/2009/07/21/coder-girl/
> >>>
> >>> All pleasantly warped, twisted, and good fun...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Colin McGregor
> >>>     
> >>
> >> I Love this =) thanks for sharing!!!
> >>
> >>   
> > You people there are getting like monkeys.
> > 
> > Sure, I like the idea itself. The intentions are wonderful.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, monkeys only could like rap. The disintegration of moral 
> > values that goes through within this society has no equal through out 
> > the globe.
> > 
> > zb,
> 
> That is probably one of the most rude and uncalled for posts I've seen 
> on TLUG.
> 
> Whether you were eluding to blacks or not, it is a genre popular with 
> them and the allusion to "monkeys" is extremely distasteful and ignorant.
> 
> As for morals; They are always in flux. 10 years ago in the US, it was 
> still illegal to even be in a gay relationship in many states. 60 years 
> ago and it was "immoral" and illegal for interracial marriages. During 
> World War II it was perfectly moral to intern Japanese Canadians. Before 
> then it was immoral for women to vote.
> 
> Beyond morality, a genre itself can not be held to account because of a 
> popular opinion expressed by practitioners of it. I used to have no 
> interest in rap and hip hop until I heard some very good, very positive 
> songs. Listen to CBC for a while and you'll hear plenty of examples.
> 
> I think that nothing shy of a full redaction of those comments and a 
> sincere acknowledgment of how rude your comments will do.
> 
> Madi
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