Re:Famous judge spikes Apple-Google case, calls patent syste...
by crusso on Saturday June 09, 2012 @04:57PM
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> They were also described as men. Does that make it sexist?
It notes the sex of the decision-makers and implies the quality of results as part of a generalization, so I guess it is sexist.
> They were also described as privileged. Does that make it class warfare?
Warfare? That has a lot of extra meaning. "Classist" would be more clinical.
Words like "racist", "sexist", and "classist" have real definitions and you don't get to apply them only when they support portions of an argument that you happen to agree with.
It notes the sex of the decision-makers and implies the quality of results as part of a generalization, so I guess it is sexist.
> They were also described as privileged. Does that make it class warfare?
Warfare? That has a lot of extra meaning. "Classist" would be more clinical.
Words like "racist", "sexist", and "classist" have real definitions and you don't get to apply them only when they support portions of an argument that you happen to agree with.