Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok

Re:Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok by anu_gupta on Monday November 19, 2012 @07:37AM (#4804113)

People are trying to discuss this seriously, and all you have is passive aggressive sarcasm?

This isn't a personal attack on you and your lifestyle and your people. It's a call to broaden the church.

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Re:Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok by ceol on Monday November 19, 2012 @11:33AM (#4805065)

The problem is many of them take it as a personal attack, as evident by the comments here, and they can't even see how that is the problem.

I'm really proud of some of the comments like yours, danilocampos', and msbarnett's. It's just a shame you're being met with the same crap most of these conversations have in the programming community.

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Re:Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok by Tichy on Thursday November 22, 2012 @04:47PM (#4820132)

"many of them"

Oh the irony...

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Re:Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok by Tichy on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @04:39AM (#4813527)

Of course it is an attack. A conference was shut down. If in the future all conferences have to make an effort for diversity, it is a tax on all of us - so it is an attack. If somebody gets my job because they are female or black, it is an attack. If I get blamed for not making an extra inclusive effort, it is an attack.

Actually I think what makes me angry is that notion that white men have handed everything to them on a plate. That is very far from reality, and dismisses a lot of human experience. Life is much more complicated than the height of your paycheck.

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