Re: Internet 1, Backhoe 0

["Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer () mhsc com>]

Like it as not, here in California, if we were to present a female gopher,
for example, some pseudo-militant femanist would see a definite opportunity
for filing a sexual-harassment case. Likewise, we would not want the latino
community to find such financial opportunity. Yes, we indeed live in such a
world. I would really like to wear such a shirt in public without getting
bruised, battered, beaten, or sued. I can usually do something about the
first three, but the last one is *real* expensive.

At 08:08 PM 10/10/98 +0000, Sam Thomas wrote:
> #include <stddisclaim.h>
> <delurk>
>
> Also, let's make sure that the color of the backhoe doesn't depict the
> color used by any particular manufacturer of backhoes, as they might
> want to sue based on defamation of their product/brand name.
>
> Reall, kids, if you're that bent on creating a politically correct
> expression of your negative emotions toward backhoes, just give up!
> If this society has advanced to the point where one can't make fun of
> anything without the fear of being sued/fired/shot stopping them, then
> it's time to depopulate and start over. Being a minority (having common
> sense and intelligence), I am offended by this "cleansing" process that
> seems to have taken control of a little joke. I'm going to sue!
>
> <operational content>
> no logging console
> (/operational content>
>
> </delurk>
>
> On Sat, Oct 10, 1998 at 09:17:03AM -1000, scott w wrote:
> > Also please point the crosshairs at the motor compartment and not the
> > human operator compartment.  Cool!  Let's all get some shirts that
> > *really* express our innermost feelings...  :)
> >
> > scott
> >
> > ==================================================================
> > At 11:13 AM -0700 10/9/98, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
> > I just took a peek at the Gomes Gopher shirt.
> >
> > IMHO, it would be a LOT better not to depict *any* person at all. Simply a
> > picture of the back-hoe, bright yellow, in the gun-sights. Make is a
> > hi-tech gun-sight with ranging ranging, azimuth, and elevation markings.
> > The back-hoe should be one of those enclosed driver compartment types so
> > the operator can't be seen.
>
> -- 
> Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
>                -- Henry Spencer

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