Women and TLUG - a personal rant

[James Knott]

Randy Jonasz wrote:
> I must admit William's comment took me by surprise and shocked me. 
> But in a free society where free speech is lauded and exported beyond
> our borders I must disagree with the condemnations.  Are we to censor
> ourselves so only anodine speech is acceptable?  Free speech involves
> the freedom to be offended.  If William wishes to represent himself as
> someone who objectifies women as sexual objects so be it.  Although he
> has my condolences.  Poor taste and a lack of judgement is no excuse
> for censorship.

It's more than that.  He maintains the heckling is not the problem, even
though some here have clearly said it was.  His other comment shows the
sort of attitude that causes problems for women.  While people are
certainly free to say what they want, with that comes responsibility.
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