[Fwd: Re: Question regarding "offensive" material]
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> From: Alexander Schmehl <alexander@schmehl.info>
> To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Question regarding "offensive" material
> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 17:41:25 +0200
> Hi!
>
> * Ralf Hildebrandt <Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de> [050615 12:51]:
> > I'm asking for guidance regarding this bug:
> > #313492: xscreensaver/GLSnake has sexually inappropriate imagery
>
> Interessting... my I report the wishlist bug, that it should be possible
> with GLSnake to show a specific - uhm - thing?
>
>
> > 1) Is it a bug at all?
> > There's no technical problem in the program per se. It's just that
> > this one person may find it contains "sexually inappropriate imagery".
>
> Acutally, I think calling those things "bugs" is a waste of time...
> looking at the Fedora-Installation they seemed to had similar problems,
> they do the following:
>
> - { "k's turd",
> + { "caterpillar",
> - { "arse gegl",
> + { "gegl",
> - { "kissy box",
> + { "ribbon",
> - { "erect penis", /* thanks benno */
> + { "shuffle board", /* thanks benno */
> - { "flaccid penis",
> + { "anchor",
> - { "vagina",
> + { "engagement ring",
> - { "Penis",
> + { "Shuttle",
>
> That leaves just two questions:
>
> - What is a "gegl"? I couldn't find it in any dictionary.
> - Perhaps we should ask the Debian Women projekt, if it would be okay,
> if we replace "vagina" with "engagement ring" ;)
> (Oh, I shouldn't have made this joke, should I?)
>
>
> Well, perhaps it would be easier, if glsnake would just be called with
> the parameter "--without-title", leaving everything to the fantasy of
> the viewer (BTW: I really think, that the prayer looks quite similar to
> the normal penis), but we would then risk getting bug reports of people
> who thing that the flamingo is a double headed dildo...
>
> Well, I think I mail the fedora patch to the bts, they seem to patch a
> bit more, e.g. removing "bad words" from the barcode screensaver. So we
> just risk to get bug reports by people, who get offended by religous
> material: glsnake randomly shows a crucifix!
>
>
> Yours sincerely,
> Alexander
>
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