Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material
>>"Evan" == Evan Prodromou <evan@debian.org> writes:
Evan> Hell, we can get into the politics of racist, homophobe, and sexist
Evan> jokes, if you want to -- it's pretty interesting stuff.
Oh?
Evan> But in any event, "it's just a joke, have a sense of humor," is
Evan> a pretty weak and lame excuse for dumping one's ignorance and
Evan> insecurity all over the ground.
*Nod*. I have felt that way about organized religion for a while.
Evan> Anyone who thinks a joke is _just_ a joke is kidding
Evan> themselves. Jokes are powerful and destructive things.
Words are powerful and destructive. Heck, ideas are powerful
and destructive things. Are we into banning ideas now?
Evan> And, the fact is, people who use this kind of slur, "even as a joke",
Evan> come off looking like idiotic knuckleheads.
Yup, that's the danger of speech. But I defend the
knuckleheads right to be as knuckheaded as they can be.
Evan> I would advocate that maintainers can do whatever the hell they want
Evan> with their packages, staying within the bounds of the license
Evan> specified by the upstream authors.
Hallelujah, brother.
manoj
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