I think part of what gives the ruby community its unique spirit is its sense of playfulness or whimsy. (Disclaimer, I'm a rubyist) While perhaps these particula

I think part of what gives the ruby community its unique spirit is its sense of playfulness or whimsy. (Disclaimer, I'm a rubyist) While perhaps these particular jokes are in poor taste, I think this is really a case of people being oversensitive. If he had presented with slides of half naked men, people would have thought it was funny and moved on with life. When you attend a ruby conference, you know you're not in for the same kind of experience as say a Java or a .NET conference. If you want something with a more "professional" atmosphere I suggest you look there. If we start telling people what they can and can't feature or joke about in their presentations we lose some of what makes the ruby community great. Its unfortunate people were offended, but then again, lots of things are unfortunate: that's life.