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Re: AS6713 (aka IAM / MOROCCO TELECOMS) peering contact


From: Clayton Zekelman <clayton () mnsi net>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 16:41:34 -0500

Can I share a clue with you?  This is a North American English language list.

Threatening to show up at someone's door is a pretty douchebag way to make a point. What next? A rumble in the school 
parking lot at 3:45?  

The person who taught me about BGP in 1995 worked for a large international carrier at the time, and told me the story 
of how network technicians in the Middle East would refuse to talk to HER because she couldn't possibly know what SHE 
was talking about.  That story of sexism has stuck with me since then.

If it was a language mistake, then I educated the OP on the reason to use the right pronoun.  If it was sexism, then I 
called him out on his bullshit.

Either way Barry, if you want to come to my door, be my guest, but it will be at that moment you realize what a huge 
mistake you made.  

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 27, 2014, at 4:20 PM, Barry Shein <bzs () world std com> wrote:


May I share some clue?

The OP is probably not a native speaker of English.

You don't play PC language games with people who you aren't *certain*
are native speakers of English.

Why? Because if you do I will show up at your door!

I dunno, just don't do it, it's rude and stupid, imagine if you were
trying to post in your college Arabic or French or whatever and got
hit with subtleties like this instead of a simple answer.

  -b


On December 27, 2014 at 14:35 clayton () mnsi net (Clayton Zekelman) wrote:

That is why the better pronoun choice would have been 'you', not 'he' or 'she'. 

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On Dec 27, 2014, at 1:47 PM, Javier J <javier () advancedmachines us> wrote:

What if they don't identify as a he or a she?

On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Clayton Zekelman <clayton () mnsi net> wrote:
What if the peering team member is a she?  Should she not contact you if so?

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 26, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Youssef Bengelloun-Zahr <youssef () 720 fr> wrote:

Hello,

If someone from IAM peering team is watching, could he please get in touch
OFF-list please ?

Best regards.

--
Youssef BENGELLOUN-ZAHR



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