I'd say the last five years of Mozilla, GNOME, et al have pretty well popped that particular fantasy already.
Right. So how much can it hurt to clear out some of the deadwood brogrammers spending their time on dick jokes and let a few budding Grace Hoppers have a go? It's not like there isn't precedent for fresh perspectives having a positive effect on an industry.
Did you just called this person's mom a bitch in a post defending women?
His mom likes to be called a bitch.
Why does my entire life including hobbies need to be professional?
Yours doesn't, don't worry.
My guess is that ship has sailed.
2) Being a Republican in Congress talking daily about "family values"
You're talking about this guy! http://www.politico.com/magazi...
Certain groups of men, and women, have different mores. What gives you the right to set the public standard of behaviour for everyone?
In this context, I didn't set any public standard. GitHub set a private standard.
Nothing prevents this pudwhack from writing all the software he wants using as many dick jokes as he wants, in private. It only became an issue when he wanted a private organization to publish it for him.
Personally, I'm using my semi-erect penis to simulate a Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion helicopter as I'm writing this, so clearly, I have no problem with such private behavior.
If you don't like it you're free to fork DICSS or even ignore it completely if you have no use for DICSS.
Sure, just don't piss and moan when a private platform like GitHub decides not to host it for you.
Pretty much. "Don't be a dick" is the phrase that pays for everyone, everywhere. You want to draw an erect penis on the back of your notebook and show it to your pals at recess, go ahead. If you try to project it onto the facade of the school building, you might have a problem.
Or, "Go ahead and be a dick, but don't piss yourself when there are consequences".
Defending women's rights while hating on homosexuals?
I wasn't hating on homosexuals. I was hating on closeted homosexuals creating a hostile environment for other people.
You seem to be implying that there is something fundamentally wrong with being an homosexual obsessed with penises?
Not at all. The problem is with closeted people creating a hostile environment for someone else. They should know better.
There are projects "just for fun", as well.
So don't cry about it when the people hosting the house party don't find it "fun".
I'm sure the fraternity brothers in Oklahoma thought it was a hoot to sing a little ditty about making sure no black person every can be pledged, but the university hosting the party thought it kind of sucked, so out you go. Just because you think something is fun doesn't mean anyone else has to put up with it. If you want to make your little dick joke software at home, go right ahead. If you try to distribute it using somebody else's shit, don't whine if they tell you to fuck off.
Is your argument that appropriateness is dependent on your taste?
No, in fact "appropriateness" is dependent upon the people around you. The community if you will. It's a simple concept really. What is "appropriate" socially is not based upon any one person's taste or preference. At heart, it's nothing more than the standards of the community. And you know that you've violated those standards when nobody's laughing at your jokes any more and people are starting to shun you like you've got a dog turd in your pocket. I like to refer to it as the "Cheese Stands Alone Effect". And brother, racists, misogynists, homophobes are nothing but limburger. That's why they have to create little putative "safe havens" like 8chan and Stormfront and neo-nazi organizations and the Westboro Baptist Church. Little communities where they can pretend that that shit is A-OK because a handful of other losers are there to back you up. Good luck with that.
And there's the rub. The "community" has changed, and that bothers a lot of small men, who have come to believe that because they've managed to push someone else out of the tree house, that it's now their tree house. And they're learning the hard way that the ground has shifted under them long ago.
How is the enjoyment of dick jokes related to someone's ability to do anything? I know a few chemists and a viral biologist who have the filthiest sense of humour imaginable. (the plural of anecdote is data)
Oh, filthy humor can be very funny and clever. But just saying "dick" a bunch of times is neither. And yes, being stupid is related to someone's ability to do stuff.
What makes this DICSS project especially loathsome is how stupid it is. Stupid is not good way to write software or to go through life.
So it's ok to exclude people from FOSS just because they aren't geniuses?
It's not about geniuses. It's about morons. As a user of FOSS, I like to think it's being written by people who are somewhat competent. Or do you believe that FOSS is about giving participation trophies to everyone?
But should a project like this be interfered with by a 3rd party because someone else might be offended?
Who is the "third party" in this story? Github is a private organization. They're allowed to decide what projects they want to host, don't they?
Make headway at work. Continue to let things deteriorate at home.
