Am 28.03.10 18:51, schrieb Christopher Lane Hinson:
It was probably also uncool to call out a specific woman by name, who did not volunteer for this.
Do suggest I did so? I don't recall mentioning anyone by name.
No, you didn't. That was someone else.
"I like haskell, am interested in it, appreciate being in contact with people who do"
That's the haskell community pledge of allegiance, right there. Congratulations, you wrote it!
Oh dear .... what was I getting myself into when I subscribed :)
One thing I do notice, one starts with a harmless question and it out of the blue it suddenly becomes political. In both ways. Is there really a need for this?
Yes, because what may be a harmless abstract question to you may directly affect someone else's day-to-day life. Try to learn from people in these situations, even if you are frustrated by them.
This is definately a point where we will continue to disagree. I found myself assuming that there are no female haskellers and wanted to verify it by asking for data. At such a point, while the facts where not even yet established I had not even thought about interpretations, cause or implications, I started from scratch. I am not a scientist but believe that this approach broadly qualified as a scientific one. Well yes I know that science is not popular with everyone. So I continue to think that some responses where "disproportionate", a point to think about in itself. Best regards Günther