On Wed, 9 Apr 1997, Timothy C. May wrote:
At 5:55 PM -0400 4/9/97, Alec wrote:
At 01:32 PM 4/9/97 -0600, you wrote: |Timothy C. May wrote: | |> Let's not make the Cypherpunks firing squad a circle. | | Although Tim has been on the rag lately, perhaps this bit |of humor is a sign that his period (pardon the pun) of male |menopause is over.
This sort of snide sexist humor has no place here.
Agreed. Any neutral observer of the Cypherpunks list would have to conclude there's a lot of _something_ going on here. Certain posters, whose names are well known, seem infatuated with sexual innuendo.
Assuming the source doesn't appear to *believe* that a particular group is inferior / superior by virtue of genitalia, race, etc.: if ($humour eq "distasteful") { cat $humour | in_one_ear | out_the_other; } get_on_with_life;
(And their innuendo is more often than not centered around homosexual themes.)
Draw your own conclusions. "TruthMonger," for example, seems hung up on--no pun intended--frequent repetitions of "bum buddies." Vulis is similarly focussed on cocksuckers. Toto, who may or may not be Bubba Rom Dos, TruthMonger, etc., based on style, is centered on many of these homosexual themes.
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