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Re:BritRuby cancelled due to a lack of racial and gender div... by klaut on Monday November 19, 2012 @06:08AM (#4803854)
well, this is exactly what I get from all those who are complaining. To me, they seem more interested in sex/gender/race of the speakers than WHAT is going to be presented.
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Re:BritRuby cancelled due to a lack of racial and gender div... by EliRivers on Monday November 19, 2012 @06:23AM (#4803882)
Squeaky wheel gets the grease. These people are clearly willing to complain. No complaints about what is being presented implies only that they are satisfied with what is being presented; it does not imply that they do not care about it.
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Re:BritRuby cancelled due to a lack of racial and gender div... by saraid216 on Monday November 19, 2012 @06:42AM (#4803930)
Except that the point of the conference was to present the audience with itself as a community. If the conference was only about the talks, then they might as well just make a YouTube channel and ask people to send them videos of talks.
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