[clug] What? There's women on this list! Since when?!

Jack Kelly endgame.dos at gmail.com
Sun Jul 12 15:25:23 MDT 2009


Hello fellow sentients,

On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Jim Croft<jim.croft at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Interesting point of trivia: The word ‘guy’ used as an improper noun was
>> first introduced to the English language to refer to an effigy of Guy
>> Fawkes.  Not only women have a right to be offended by its application.
>
> One behalf of ropes, tents and yachts everywhere we are deeply, deeply
> offended by the use of 'guy' in reference to humans of any persuasion
> or inclination.

As an emissary from a small planet somewhere in the vicinity of
Betelgeuse, I am deeply offended at your implication that everyone on
this list is human. Please use species-neutral language in the future.

-- Jack


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