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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by JoCoLa on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @12:43PM (#5401968)
This is hypersensitive, passive aggressive, and paints women as fragile and in need of rescuing from every perceived slight.

Stop apologizing.

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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by taligent on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @10:42PM (#5405280)
No. It is unprofessional and unbecoming at an outside of work event.

You don't think he would have been fired for a black or Nazi joke ?

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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by asdfs on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @12:32AM (#5405650)
I'm not sure that those jokes are comparable. There's no negative stereotype in a penis size joke.
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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by gnarbarian on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @02:15PM (#5409093)
It contributes to the objectification and dehumanization of male morphological gender norms.

Just kidding. I make dongle jokes all the time.

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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by gnarbarian on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @01:47PM (#5408897)
I did nazi that coming.
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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by bartread on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @01:16PM (#5408672)
<<invokes Godwin's law: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwins_law>>;
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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by devopstom on Thursday March 21, 2013 @03:41AM (#5413592)
Finally. I was waiting for that to happen so everyone will go home and move on.
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