Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material
>>"Timothy" == Timothy R Butler <tbutler@uninetsolutions.com> writes:
>> Similar to what another poster said, the day Debian starts censoring is the
>> day I stop advocating Debian as a distro.
Timothy> I question whether it is censorship to remove and/or
Timothy> seperate racist material from acceptable things. If someone
Timothy> started to include X-rated pictures in Debian, does that
Timothy> mean you would argue their right to do so because Debian
Timothy> shouldn't censor?
If the pictures w4ere legally distributable, yes, I would.
Timothy> There is a difference between basic QA and censorship,
Timothy> IMO. On the one hand Quality Assurance/Control can filter
Timothy> out stuff that is pure trash and of absolutely no value. On
Timothy> the other hand, censorship would be filtering out something
Timothy> that may be of value but someone deems they don't want. What
Timothy> value does this so-called "joke" provide?
QAS deals with technical issues. This ``joke'', while being
distasteful to some, certainly does not detract from from the
t4echnical abilities of the package.
Timothy> IMO, people are too worried about censorship when they admit
Timothy> they find something very offensive, but still think it shold
Timothy> be included in a Software Package. Can you see the field day
Timothy> MS would have if they could download a few Debian packages
Timothy> and say "See? All this Linux nuts are a bunch of racists!"
Timothy> Would it be true? No. Would it appear that way to non-Linux
Timothy> users? Quite possibly.
I find vi offensive. Also the bible. And any package that
mentions the word beef. Can we now purge Debian of all vi related
packages, Please?
manoj
wondering if he could get to decide what is offensive
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Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/>
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