Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:44:57 -0700 (MST) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: jhb@FreeBSD.org Cc: dougb@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, stas@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org, des@des.no Subject: Re: svn commit: r201477 - head/games/fortune/datfiles Message-ID: <20100108.174457.1108826596265063191.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <201001061400.26082.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <4B4384E3.2080600@FreeBSD.org> <867hrvgw2j.fsf@ds4.des.no> <201001061400.26082.jhb@freebsd.org>
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In message: <201001061400.26082.jhb@freebsd.org> John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> writes: : On Wednesday 06 January 2010 9:13:56 am Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote: : > Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> writes: : > > First off, thanks for sorting these, that's a step in the right : > > direction. :) However, a few quibbles. First, our rule is that : > > anything which might offend someone belongs in fortunes-o, and : > > political quotes are always in the category of "might offend some= one." : > = : > I don't see how the Rumsfeld quote could offend anyone. True, Rums= feld : > is a politician (and not a particularly popular one in most parts o= f the : > world), but the quote itself is not political. It is a somewhat : > comically worded expression of an important truism that many people= : > would do well to remember (cf. the classical "there are no unknown = bugs : > in our software"). Would you have suggested moving it to -o if it = had : > been a Steve Martin quote? : = : I agree that the quote isn't particularly politically partisan, just = made by a = : political figure. There are fortunes that are offensive. There are fortunes that are political. Political doesn't imply offensive, and it shouldn't be move to the fortunes-o file unless it is also offensive. Warner
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