Originally Posted by
Leon Jabachjabicz
Brian
The only thing that we can agree on is that my nom de plume is offensive to the female gender, for which I apologise wholeheartedly to them all for. I will be asking the PPrune Mods to suspend this account at the end of this post via the 'contact us' option. It was chosen from a set of supposedly joke names that should have been assigned to the rubbish bin some years ago - no better than school boy sniggerings or some of the other offensive things like the Robinson's Jam mascot.
As for the rest of my comments, I am not sorry. Some of the attitudes/comments displayed on this thread to the female gender are totally outdated, inappropriate and offensive - just like my nom de plume. Maybe some of you could also reflect like I have on what is wrong? Even if you were born in an era when women were banned from soccer and only over-30s were allowed to vote; things change, and they have, for the better.
Finally, there is a very good reason why nicknames, monikers or nom de plumes are used on PPrune by those still serving; if you are serving you cannot be seen to publically criticise things whilst actively promoting your full identity. Otherwise, the press would start quoting "Fg Off Snodgrass on PPrune said...". I am sure you know that. Maybe in years to come I can buy you a beer and tell you face to face who I am and why I think your position is so very wrong. Until that day comes, and I retire, then it's not an option.
Once again, I apologise to the females on this forum for my childish and inappropriate use of my nom de plume that I chose to use.
Over and out...
Excellent post, Leon. Might I suggest you ask the mods to simply change your user name to say "Leon J"? That way, the displayed name on the posts you have made will change, and will not be "orphaned".
Either that, or "Ivor Biggun", which isn't sexist. Just "sizist"
