Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- (abusive?) erotic images in Debian
On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:35:41 +1100, Brian May <bam@debian.org> said:
>>>>>> "Tollef" == Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> writes:
Tollef> | Finally, I would like to commend Michelle Konzack for
Tollef> standing up on | this issue. Debian should never promote |
Tollef> degradation/abuse/exploitation, in any form, of females (or
Tollef> males or | blacks or whites or whatever).
Tollef> Please take a look at the images and I'd be surprised if you
Tollef> feel them degrade, abuse or exploit females. I think they are
Tollef> silly and nothing to be upset about. Not porn, not erotic,
Tollef> just silly.
> If the intention is to be silly, why not replace the images with
> something else that isn't so controversial? I personally liked the
> idea I heard about the sheep. Just change the name at the same time.
Cuase I find that action to be fascist, censorship, and far
that the cure is farse worse than the disease.
> I don't think there is nothing stopping the program from being
> configurable. If you really want the image of the naked woman, then
> you can download the image (from non-Debian website) and install it
> in the appropriate directory, and it could automatically be used
> instead.
As long as the images are legal, and dfsg free, they should
not have to be downloaded from outside Debian.
> I think such a solution would kill off all the complaints I have
> seen so far... -- Brian May <bam@debian.org>
And introdice one far worse, that Debian has been taken over
by mealy mouthed, narrow minded, bigotyed censors that suppress free
expression and art in order to forward narrow small minded morality
upon every one else.
I think that is a pretty significant complaint myself.
manoj
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Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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