William H. Geiger III wrote:
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In <35E44AD1.442F@nis.acs.uci.edu>, on 08/26/98 at 12:50 PM, Dan Stromberg <strombrg@nis.acs.uci.edu> said:
William H. Geiger III wrote:
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In <Pine.SUN.3.91.980825155854.3483A-100000@baker>, on 08/25/98 at 04:19 PM, Xcott Craver <caj@math.niu.edu> said:
On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, William H. Geiger III wrote:
<sigh> Now we have to worry about PC variable and function names. What a crock.
Oh, yeah, you really have to worry about *accidentally* calling your variables getwatermelons and somefriedchicken. Reminds me of this one guy in our neighborhood who was just jogging by our house, bent down to tie a shoelace, lost his balance and accidentally planted a huge burning cross in our front lawn. Woops! Those damn PC-mongers are making it a crime to jog!
Yes and if I want to name my variables getwatermelons and somefiredchicken who are you to tell me I can't?
A company worth working for will have a policy that tells you you cannot. (Ok, those variables are a fuzzy issue - Very bad taste. The violent stuff mentioned in the original article is clear cut, however)
Company policy and federal law are two different things. A company should be able to set their policy to whatever they want, don't like it don't work there.
Gosh, no kidding? Company policy isn't the same as fed law? As I said, a company worth working for, will have a policy that creates/preserves a decent working environment.
Also please explain exactly what "violent stuff" you are in reference to and how it is "clear cut".
Violence is obviously out of line. Or do you like being threatened?
Creating a hostile environment with the expectation that you'll never hire someone who's black is "ok"?
1st off the whole notion of "hostile environment" is bunk. It is a loosely undefined term to mean anything the PC crowd wants it to. If you do or say
I can see you're not worth bothering with. Sad that I wasted this much time responding.