Re: Bug#138541: ITP: debian-sanitize (was Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material)
On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 23:11, Jeff Licquia wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-03-18 at 14:24, Craig Dickson wrote:
> > I know people sometimes take the separation of church and state just a
> > little too far here in the US, but I have trouble believing that the
> > presence of a Bible in the school library, or an electronic copy of it
> > on a computer, would be any cause for controversy.
>
> In the library, perhaps not. OTOH, the library would also be expected
> to have copies of the Koran, I Ching, and so on as well. The school
Did you realise that to many (maybe most) Moslems having an English language
version of the Koran is much more offensive than having no copy?
It is apparently written in the Koran that it is offensive to translate it as
that causes errors and omissions.
Consider the "no room in the inn" mistranslation from the Greek that has been
spread through the Christian world as an example of why you might consider
such translations as bad.
Also I wasn't aware that the I Ching was considered a religious book, I
thought it was more on the level of Tarot card reading.
> Suppose that, by some mistake, all the teacher workstations were
> installed with a copy of the Bible, but no other religious literature.
>
> I don't disagree that a lot of it is ridiculous. It is, unfortunately,
> the reality of the situation. More ridiculous things have happened.
That's the problem with having juries. The European method of having a
magistrate determine the verdict is better IMHO. I think you would be better
off spending your time campaigning for judicial reform.
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