Svartalf, I'm sorry, but you FAILED and the reason is very simple. You took a several oneliner quotes to paint a picture of what Feminism is and you are wrong. News organization do it all the time. For example, they'll edit interviews, so that only the "good/juicy" sound bites or images get in, but miss the real message the interviewee was trying to convey.
There's tons more examples, but that sort of stuff, folks, is what Feminism appears to be all about from their public presence and proclamations and past actions in public- after all, these ARE their luminaries talking with those examples I've given. No rational discourse is typically possible at that point- no sanity present within any of this stuff. It's all about feelings and don't confuse them with the facts, they know what they feel and what they feel is the Truth of the matter. If you don't believe me, all you need do is run afoul of someone in that crowd and you'll be on the receiving end of all of it, male or female- and there will be no shifting them from their "thoughts" on the matter.
I'm sure there are "tons more examples"... you can find practically anything on the Internet to match your point of view, but you're missing the point. Even some of the quotes you mentioned are taking out of context and you should really put a date on those quotes as well because some of those quotes had different meaning the time they were said. But to answer your quote above, I have met feminists before. In fact, I learned all about Feminism as well as met many feminists at University because I took a class on it and guess what, Feminism is really vast and there are many different types of Feminist/ism. Hell, there are even people who are anti-abortion who call themselves Feminist which if you look at your history within the feminist movement and understand what Feminism really is you'll find that it is an oxymoron, but examples like that are just one example of how vast it is. You have clearly demonstrating a clear lack of understanding of what feminism is and have been modded up by people who also have a clear lack of understanding as well because what you're saying is not insightful at all. What you're saying is wrong for the simple reason that you're taking quotes from different time periods and taking them out of context to illustrate your scewed point of a misrepresentation of what feminism is.
Speaking of polishing OpenOffice, when are they going to implement Tango Icons? To me it seems like it wouldn't take much effort because most of the icons are done and the ones that aren't can be easily made by rallying up the community and have a competition. I still can't believe something like this hasn't been done. Fair or unfairly, there are plenty of users out there that will open a program to try it out for the first time to see that it looks like it's stuck in the 90s and never give a chance and never try it again. Something this trivial should have been a high priority.
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Svartalf, I'm sorry, but you FAILED and the reason is very simple. You took a several oneliner quotes to paint a picture of what Feminism is and you are wrong. News organization do it all the time. For example, they'll edit interviews, so that only the "good/juicy" sound bites or images get in, but miss the real message the interviewee was trying to convey. There's tons more examples, but that sort of stuff, folks, is what Feminism appears to be all about from their public presence and proclamations and past actions in public- after all, these ARE their luminaries talking with those examples I've given. No rational discourse is typically possible at that point- no sanity present within any of this stuff. It's all about feelings and don't confuse them with the facts, they know what they feel and what they feel is the Truth of the matter. If you don't believe me, all you need do is run afoul of someone in that crowd and you'll be on the receiving end of all of it, male or female- and there will be no shifting them from their "thoughts" on the matter. I'm sure there are "tons more examples"... you can find practically anything on the Internet to match your point of view, but you're missing the point. Even some of the quotes you mentioned are taking out of context and you should really put a date on those quotes as well because some of those quotes had different meaning the time they were said. But to answer your quote above, I have met feminists before. In fact, I learned all about Feminism as well as met many feminists at University because I took a class on it and guess what, Feminism is really vast and there are many different types of Feminist/ism. Hell, there are even people who are anti-abortion who call themselves Feminist which if you look at your history within the feminist movement and understand what Feminism really is you'll find that it is an oxymoron, but examples like that are just one example of how vast it is. You have clearly demonstrating a clear lack of understanding of what feminism is and have been modded up by people who also have a clear lack of understanding as well because what you're saying is not insightful at all. What you're saying is wrong for the simple reason that you're taking quotes from different time periods and taking them out of context to illustrate your scewed point of a misrepresentation of what feminism is.
Don't forget Heroes of Newerth (a full fledged DotA game). Blizzard messed that one up too by letting a competitor beat them to the punch.
My bullshit detector just exploded.
Make sure you file a patent for that.
For those that are confused I think the parent might be referring to this.
Speaking of polishing OpenOffice, when are they going to implement Tango Icons? To me it seems like it wouldn't take much effort because most of the icons are done and the ones that aren't can be easily made by rallying up the community and have a competition. I still can't believe something like this hasn't been done. Fair or unfairly, there are plenty of users out there that will open a program to try it out for the first time to see that it looks like it's stuck in the 90s and never give a chance and never try it again. Something this trivial should have been a high priority.