Why not ban a girl/woman for misogyny? The word by definition is "hatred or discrimination against women", which can be perpetrated by either sex. Anything that's offensive is offensive. Any of you guys could be banned for misandry if you go around spouting denigrating comments about men ("guys suck, end of story, they should all be castrated with a fork"). And yes, I have met some people in the black community who discriminate against other blacks; that's actually been happening for centuries ("light" blacks versus "darker" blacks). So race, gender, sexual orientation, etc, you can still discriminate against a group you belong to (there's probably a psychological term for it out there).
Now whether what was said in the Dolphin Progress Report thread is discriminatory or not is what the real subject is. I found it to be a poor joke, which is why I did nothing then when it was posted. Personally (sorry if this upsets anyone) I think kinkinkijkin isn't as well articulated as she could be sometimes. Some posts take some effort to get at the intended meaning. I refuse to say her posts are convoluted, but sometimes I don't find them to be entirely concise or clear.
Intent goes a long way with communication, and I just didn't get the feeling that kinkinkijkin was being malicious. However, that doesn't change the fact that RachelB (correctly or incorrectly, doesn't matter) felt offended. Kinkinkijkin could (if she chose to) apologize or promise to not make bad or tasteless jokes (everyone should make that promise though). But banning is too severe, especially since a certain someone in random said a lot more sexist remarks without receiving one (though the user in question received public remonstration). That is not to say such remarks are okay or permissible, but the threshold for banning is not lightly passed. This should serve as a warning though to everyone. Stay away from bad jokes, think before you post something, and be clear about your meaning (a /s helps a lot fyi).
One last thing, kinkinkijkin, can I start calling you 4K for short? I can never remember if I'm spelling your name right, but since it has 4 K's, it's the perfect shortened version. If not, no problem.
Now whether what was said in the Dolphin Progress Report thread is discriminatory or not is what the real subject is. I found it to be a poor joke, which is why I did nothing then when it was posted. Personally (sorry if this upsets anyone) I think kinkinkijkin isn't as well articulated as she could be sometimes. Some posts take some effort to get at the intended meaning. I refuse to say her posts are convoluted, but sometimes I don't find them to be entirely concise or clear.
Intent goes a long way with communication, and I just didn't get the feeling that kinkinkijkin was being malicious. However, that doesn't change the fact that RachelB (correctly or incorrectly, doesn't matter) felt offended. Kinkinkijkin could (if she chose to) apologize or promise to not make bad or tasteless jokes (everyone should make that promise though). But banning is too severe, especially since a certain someone in random said a lot more sexist remarks without receiving one (though the user in question received public remonstration). That is not to say such remarks are okay or permissible, but the threshold for banning is not lightly passed. This should serve as a warning though to everyone. Stay away from bad jokes, think before you post something, and be clear about your meaning (a /s helps a lot fyi).
One last thing, kinkinkijkin, can I start calling you 4K for short? I can never remember if I'm spelling your name right, but since it has 4 K's, it's the perfect shortened version. If not, no problem.