Quoting Doug Barton, who wrote on Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 09:48:52PM -0700 .. > Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > >On Mar 31, 2008, at 2:56 PM, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > >>This is the age old "these fortune cookies may be offensive to some > >>people" bikeshed. Do we really want to go there again? > >> > >>If removing the ones deleted by Ganbold is considered such a big loss to > >>the consumers of the fortune cookies, then sure, we'll have to backout > >>the removal. I'd prefer if we didn't, but oh well :/ > > > > > >from fortune(6): > > > >"I think the world would be a more peaceful place if people > >could just keep their fingers out of the fortune files. > > > > -- Jordan K. Hubbard" > > > >:-) > > My point exactly. We have always erred on the side of NOT removing > something since what people find offensive (or humorous) varies hugely > across cultures, languages, political persuasions, etc. > > If you want to make an argument that those fortunes should be moved to > the -o file, that might be worth talking about. But flat out removing > them is not keeping in the spirit of how things have traditionally > been done.
If all the soft-skinned creatures who cannot handle fortunes just rm -rf fortune? Then we could just go on with life. Political correctness has never served any useful purpose in this world. Wilko -- Wilko Bulte [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
