Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] freedom of expression constitutes one of the essential > foundations of a democratic society and one of the basic conditions > for its progress and each individual's self-fulfilment. > > [...] it is applicable not only to "information" or "ideas" that are > favourably received or regarded as inoffensive or as a matter of > indifference, but also to those that offend, shock or disturb. Such > are the demands of pluralism, tolerance and broadmindedness, without > which there is no "democratic society". >
Debian is not a democratic society. It is not intended to be a source of all information known to man. It is supposed to be a project to produce a Free operating system. That means: a) Things that are not useful should not be in there b) Things that are gratuitously insulting to a large number of people should not be there unless they're fantastically useful Having this argument over a program that is entirely useless in the first place just makes it harder to have a proper discussion in the cases where it actually matters. Or, putting it another way: failing to include this piece of code does Debian no demonstrable harm. Including it does. I know we have something of a reputation for preferring philosophical masturbation to actually doing the useful thing, but that shouldn't result in a several hundred post flamewar. What are you all, stupid or something? -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
