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Date:      Mon, 8 Aug 2005 23:08:10 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wb@freebie.xs4all.nl>
To:        Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes fortunes2-o
Message-ID:  <20050808210810.GA2890@freebie.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <42F7BFD5.5060003@elischer.org>
References:  <200508081958.j78JwRMP046337@repoman.freebsd.org> <42F7BFD5.5060003@elischer.org>

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On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 01:25:57PM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote..
> Jens Schweikhardt wrote:
> >schweikh    2005-08-08 19:58:27 UTC
> >
> >  FreeBSD src repository
> >
> >  Modified files:
> >    games/fortune/datfiles fortunes fortunes2-o 
> >  Log:
> >  Move the Hitler quotes and some references to him to the "offensive" 
> >  file.
> >  I did not bother to sort them all. If you have a script, feel free.
> >  
> >  Revision  Changes    Path
> >  1.181     +0 -78     src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
> >  1.31      +73 -0     src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes2-o
> 
> 
> I object to many of these being moved.
> For one, many of them are not by Hitler.
> Of thse tha are, many of them show his thoughts in a very
> negative and enlightenning way.
> 
> I object to this sort of revisionist cleansing.
> 
> %
>   	 I shall give a propagandist reason for starting the war, no matter 
>   	 whether
>   	 it is plausible or not.  The victor will not be asked afterwards 
>   	 whether
>   	 he told the truth or not.  When starting and waging war it is not 
>   	 right
>   	 that matters, but victory.
>   	                 -- Adolf Hitler
> 
> 
> This is a brilliant light on the actions of Politicians around the world.
> 
> %
>   	 What luck for the rulers that men do not think.
>   	                 -- Adolf Hitler
> %
> 
> Something we should all think about, and a warning to the future!

Amen to that.  I have not looked into the diff, but the examples you
show above certainly serve as a sobering reminder.

Wilko

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Wilko Bulte				wilko@FreeBSD.org



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