Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material
On Fri, 2002-03-15 at 05:36, Petro wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 11:16:19PM -0700, user list wrote:
> > This will be a bit of a long message to bear with me. To keep your interest
> > I will tell you straight off that this is not, I repeat NOT, a free speech
> > issue. I will explain why below.
> > I first want to point out that the package maintainer is a whole lot more
> > reasonable than most people on this thread.
> > Practical:
> > Let's just say that this is a free-speech issue. The point is that free-speech
> > does not reach into institutions. If a racist statement were part of a program
> > that communicated with other programs, it would not be allowed on any
> > US government machines. It would not be allowed on many corporate machines.
>
> <snip>
>
> I guess this means you're pulling the package "Bitchx" because,
> well, that package is offensive on it's face.
By all the holy Gods, don't start the "is BitchX offensive because of
its name" fight again, in the same thread no less. ^,^
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