Damn, and I missed all the fun!  Where can I get a T-shirt?  (I promise
not to display it in public, nor offer it as a prize at any charity
fund-raising event.)

On 18 Jun 1999, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

> 
> Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU> writes:
> > >And what's wrong with a little consentual sex? I thought that
> > >cross-fertilization was what our community was all about! BTW, just to
> > >be clear: Penguins have a cloaca, and as such it isn't technically
> > >sodomy (ignoring the inter-species aspects).
> > 
> > Havent seen the shirt, but as described, it sounded distinctly
> > non-consensual. 
> 
> Tux didn't seem to be restrained in any way. We're told that Linux is
> a mature operating system, so one would assume Tux is of the age of
> consent and understood what was happening. Besides, I'd assume that
> Beastie wouldn't do any such thing without first having bought Tux a
> nice herring dinner and taken him out to a film.
> 
> > And even if it was -- does it really need to be spelled out why the
> > shirt, as a public, visible gesture was offensive and thoroughly
> > inappropriate?
> 
> Absolutely. It needs to be discussed in as much detail as possible,
> repeatedly.
> 
> Perry
> 

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