At Competition

[Dave Flowerday]

Originally Posted by K-Dawg

We have been very fortunate to have mostly females on our team and this is where the ugliness comes in, the language that I hear in the pits is unbelievable

Originally Posted by IndySam

Some of us old guys were raised as gentlemen that do not curse around women, if that is sexist then so be it.

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Sensitivity for language in front of females is something I was brought up on.

Well, I was raised to treat women as equals. I know quite a few females who would be offended by the comments quoted here. (See? Just because something offends you doesn't mean it offends others, and conversely, just because something makes perfect sense to you it can still be considered offensive by others. There's no possible way we'll remove everything that is considered offensive to someone from a FIRST event.)

If you all want to avoid using foul language, that's a great idea, but do it out of respect for the men AND women around you. If you all think women would be offended by it, then why wouldn't you think men would be too? K-Dawg, Sam, and Al, can I take your comments to mean that you would find no problem with swearing in the pits if there were only men around?