Re: Bug#138541: ITP: debian-sanitize (was Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material)
On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 15:11, mdanish@andrew.cmu.edu wrote:
> What one needs is a system that can be agreed upon objectively; similar
> to a ratings system but without the arbitrary decisions. Saying that
> a certain package is for ages 18+ is a subjective decision. Saying that
> a certain package contains the word "fuck", or contains nudity, or something
> similar is much easier to determine than vague moral reasoning.
>
> Then a "vrms"-like package could be configured to report on which installed
> packages contain the word "crap", or the number of packages which feature
> bloody limbs being torn apart, etc etc.
>
> That would allow people to selectively choose what they want to see,
> without bothering other people, and would not require the services of
> a Moral Tyrant or Moral Majority; all the categories would be easily
> verifiable with tools like grep, eeyes, etc.
I like this idea a lot better than my own. It neatly removes the
question of poor classification and lets people decide on their own what
to avoid.
I may propose something like this in the future, depending on whether I
want to go through the abuse ringer again or not.
> Note: I don't necessarily approve of self-imposed ignorance, but I'm not
> about to stop people from screwing themselves over so long as it doesn't
> wind up affecting others who do not think the same way.
I would like to point out yet again (since some people don't seem
interested in reading or responding to what I really write) that I agree
with this fully.
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