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Re:Linus Torvalds: 'I'll never be cuddly but I can be more p... by jbob2000 on Thursday September 27, 2018 @01:18PM (#18086611)
My parents joke about that with my brother and I; "Dammit jbob, we should have aborted you!". Jokes like these require context and when you look at them from the outside, they look terrible. It's not "necessary", but then again, neither is 90% of human communication, my parents could have just said "You. Bad action. Fix."

That seems to be what's missing from this whole SJW movement; context. These people watch from the sidelines, pick up on a few "trigger" words, and then burn your house down because they didn't understand the context of your comment.

Re:Linus Torvalds: 'I'll never be cuddly but I can be more p... by davidcbc on Thursday September 27, 2018 @01:50PM (#18086943)
Just because there are contexts where it wouldn't be bad doesn't mean that the example fits that narrow context.
Re:Linus Torvalds: 'I'll never be cuddly but I can be more p... by jbob2000 on Thursday September 27, 2018 @01:59PM (#18087037)
You asked when it would be ok for a leader to tell someone they should be aborted and I gave you an example. Don’t throw away the example just because you don’t like it or it doesn’t fit your theory.