Subject: Re: misc/33495: Offensive quote in netbsd fortune package
To: None <misc-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/17/2006 14:05:09
The following reply was made to PR misc/33495; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
To: Daniel Weiss <dweiss@alcor.concordia.ca>
Cc: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Subject: Re: misc/33495: Offensive quote in netbsd fortune package
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 16:02:53 +0200

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 On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 09:45:40AM -0400, Daniel Weiss wrote:
 > Christos Zoulas says:
 >=20
 > "Well, we have to draw the line somewhere on what is offensive or not."
 >=20
 > You bring up a valid point. Please note the response I received from one =
 of
 > your support team.
 
 There is no such thing as a "NetBSD support team".  This list is fully
 public, anybody can speak up any time on any subject.
 
 [...]
 > "I have moved the two offensive fortunes to
 >  fortunes2-o, but I have left the non-offensive ones alone"
 >=20
 > Perhaps I wasn't %100 clear. Hitler is part of the offensive quote. The
 > scary thing is I feel as though I've hit a nerve with some people. Is the=
 re
 > really no one else you revere to quote in the fortune's program?=20
 
 People can be offended by so many things.  If the current US president
 had said anything quote-worthy, we could have added them, but then the
 grammar-savvy folks would have been offended.
 
 I'm sure I can feel offended by some of the quotes about French people
 if I put enough effort in it.
 
 --=20
 Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
 "When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
 to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea."
 KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.
 
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