Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

[Duncan Findlay <daf@daf.2y.net>]

On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 09:09:45PM +0100, Robert van der Meulen wrote:
> 
> Quoting Lazarus Long (lazarus@overdue.ddts.net):
> > Again,  there is no excuse for racism in Debian.  Other packages have
> > elided the inappropriate material in the past, as they should.  An IRC
> > client has no business being racist.  Debian is a distribution that
> > specifically caters to children; note the debian-junior project.  As it
> > stands, your package is inappropriate to be on the box my daughter uses.
> Then don't install it on the box your daughter uses. Debian is about
> freedom, not censorship. Shielding from 'sensitive' material is a decision
> every parent can make by themselves, and it is _not_ the responsability of
> an organisation like Debian to make such a decision.
> It can be hard to be 'honest' when freedom is concerned, but it should be
> applied equally to standpoints you support, and to standpoints you're
> against.
> 

Mr. Long,
I don't know how old your daughter is, but I'm 100% sure that she will be
exposed to more content that you deem inappropriate than you could
possibly control. Perhaps instead of trying to protect your daughter from
the inappropriateness of life, you should attempt to teach her what is right
and what is wrong.

Of course, I'm in no position to lecture on parenting -- I'm 15 years old.

-- 
Duncan Findlay