>My involvement with the kernel community ended pretty much before it even started, I never post on LKML, and haven't done in years.

Poor baby. Why is everyone so mean to him? He's western, white, straight, male, 30s-40s (really?).

> I can only imagine that it is much worse for members of minorities, or people from different cultural backgrounds, in particular ones where losing face is a major issue.

Speaks for itself.