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Re: Remove fortune quotes attributed to or providing admiration of Adolf Hitler [pr bin/52735]



On Sat 18 Nov 2017 at 23:03:27 +0000, David Holland wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 01:21:25PM +0100, Rhialto wrote:
>  > I checked our fortune cookies database, and I was appalled to notice
>  > that we do have the same quotes there. Apart from those quotes being
>  > wholly inappropriate in a list of funny quotes, they are probably
>  > illegal in Germany (where I now happen to live).
>  > 
>  > I hereby propose to remove them (but not remove all fortunes).
>  > I have sent a pr (bin/52735, http://gnats.netbsd.org/52735) with a
>  > patch.
> 
> You are completely missing the point of why those quotes are there.

Such a remark is rather useless without stating why you think they are
there. It does nothing to convince me, obviously.

> David A. Holland
> dholland%netbsd.org@localhost
-Olaf.
-- 
___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert  -- Wayland: Those who don't understand X
\X/ rhialto/at/falu.nl      -- are condemned to reinvent it. Poorly.

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