[Eug-lug] OT: Way OT: Further OT than you can imagine: OT: Furries!!

[Ben Barrett]

Hey thanks for that.  I do take it all with a grain of salt but I am f'ing
tired of all-to-common broken social norms.  I will continue to attempt to
call it when I see it.

back to what we do best, eh?  thanks :)

ben


On 9/13/07, erock23175 at aol.com <erock23175 at aol.com> wrote:
>
>  I must have come off completely wrong. I am not a hater. I do not hate
> furries, I do not hate homosexuals, or anybody else for that matter, I may
> find the practice of dressing up as an animal kind of silly, but that
> doesn't mean I don't think other people should be free to do so. My
> apologies if I had offended anyone with my previous remarks.
>
> Cheers
>
> -E
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Barrett <stircrazyben at gmail.com>
> To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group <euglug at euglug.org>
> Sent: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:02 am
> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] OT: Way OT: Further OT than you can imagine: OT:
> Furries!!
>
>  Soooooo.... after country fair and burning man, AND promoting open source
> at each....
> I don't feel so guilty in NOT attending the weekly meetings.
> I just hope I don't go turning on open-minded people to open source, only
> to have
> them feel unwelcomed if/when they attempt to attend a meeting.
>
> Has EUGLUG become a good ol' boys club??
>
> FWIW, I was not offended by Mr. O's first post, but I was, byt erock's
> response,
> which went well beyond the basic first-bad-taste of "us" and "them".
>
> So, if such heartfelt yet trivial differences are indeed present in our
> group, can we
> PLEASE stay on topic??  Maybe there should be a "haters" list?
>
> And, for anyone wishing *I* would stop being off-topic:  I grew up around
> a lot of subtle hatred,
> a lot of bigotry, and some of it was organized.  Not unline rural Oregon.
> So this IS worth being
> called out.  I thought we were over this crap.
>
> ben
>
>
>
> On 9/13/07, Mr O <notanatheist at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > You're probably missing the point. It's all in good humor as the
> > subject came up at recent meetings as well as talking about the
> > folks who dress up as comic characters. This week we'll be
> > talking about people who dress up and play Magic.
> >
> > FWIW, I'm not into being cool. If it is any lower than 78
> > degrees I'm downright cold.
> >
> > That be all,
> > Mr O.
> >
> >
> > --- LinuxRocks! <linux at rocksolidnetworks.com > wrote:
> >
> > > What happened to you man? I remember when you were cool.
> > >
> > > Jamie
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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