On Sun, 5 Dec 2004 14:23:52 +0100, Jonas Meurer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On 05/12/2004 James Foster wrote:
>> Pornography may be offensive to some. Is the package description
>> for hot-babe accurate? Are people who do not want it installed
>> being forced to install it?
>>
>> People who may be offended by the package should read its
>> description and make up their own mind about whether or not they
>> would like to install it.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> There's no excuse for censorship, ever.
> so you would even accept nazi propaganda material in debian, just
> because you dislike censorship?
Hell yes. I even tolerate KKK marches in town even though
their stated cause is getting rid of people like me.
Freedom is not just for ideas we approve of.
> did you ever think about the issue, that discriminating
> positions/POVs themselves are censoring, as they eliminate the
> thoughts of suppressed individuals?
And have you tho=oiught that tolerating intolerance may be as
repugnant to others?
> in my eyes there shouldn't be any tolerance for intolerance, as you
> woun't get respect in return. rather your tolerance will be
> exploited.
Right. I am not about to go about tolerating people who are
intolerant of artr, jsut because it celebrates the naked human body.
manoj
--
The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie. --
Zimmerman
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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