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On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 21:38 -0500, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * William Ballard (nospam_40811@alltel.net) wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 12:31:57AM +0100, Thibaut VARENE wrote:
> > >   Of course, if you can be shocked by nudity, don't use it!
> > 
> > I don't think things like this belong in the main distribution.
> > It's funny and all, but it sets a bad precedent and will scare
> > the straights.
> 
> It's actually an interesting question- where does Debian draw the line?
> An interesting counter-point is the language used in Linux.
> Personally, I think the language in Linux is fine while I don't think
> it'd be good to have 'hot-babe' in Debian.  Following along that, I
> don't think it'd be good to have explicit stories in a Debian package
> either.

The line was crossed when Ed Boraas (?) put anarchism into main.

At least hot-babe has *something* to do with computers (being a
system activity monitor).  The Anarchist FAQ is nothing but 
politics.  And not "historical politics" like the Declaration of
Independence, the Constitution, etc.

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