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Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png



On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 9:53 PM, Anders Andersson <pipatron@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 2:21 AM, Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Others? You and I seem to have different ideas about what we want
>> children to find when they reach up on the family/school bookshelf.
>
> Please leave your children's upbringing out of our operating system.
> I'm not sure why you would have Debian's packages printed and on
> display in your bookshelf without scrutiny. As a parent, you know that
> it's your responsibility to limit their access to whatever your
> culture might find offensive, if you don't wish them to be exposed to
> that. On the school bookshelf I expect to find a good encyclopedia
> containing a lot more interesting images than what is available in the
> clip-art package, and if not, they can always turn to Wikipedia
> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast comes to mind).
>
> Hopefully no one will have to determine if a package is "child-safe"
> before accepting it into Debian. That would be a big can of worms to
> open.
>

Rather than argue with you here, I'll ask you to read my response to Brad.

-- 
Joel Rees

Be careful when you look at conspiracy.
Arm yourself with knowledge of yourself, as well:
http://reiisi.blogspot.jp/2011/10/conspiracy-theories.html


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