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Date:      Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:12:18 -0800
From:      Garrett Cooper <gcooper@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org>
Cc:        unixmania@gmail.com, bruce@cran.org.uk, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, Doug Barton <dougb@dougbarton.us>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r218650 - head/games/fortune/datfiles
Message-ID:  <AANLkTinDCK90SXM%2BZcEzy8Fu7LH%2B50GD1KiE0zVLY0x3@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20110221111448.575858b0.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <201102131818.p1DIIuLL046962@svn.freebsd.org> <AANLkTi=KFCR=upHG2PErc2h-=U7P4NupY15Ca6-7ogn5@mail.gmail.com> <201102192007.32979.bruce@cran.org.uk> <AANLkTinoMs6KCfL8xt6aUch3-YrAWyLjxWsTOw%2B0kd%2BL@mail.gmail.com> <4D6051D0.8050704@dougbarton.us> <20110221111448.575858b0.trhodes@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Tom Rhodes <trhodes@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:27:12 -0800
> Doug Barton <dougb@dougbarton.us> wrote:
>
>> On 02/19/2011 15:12, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote:
>> > On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Bruce Cran<bruce@cran.org.uk> =A0wrot=
e:
>> >> On Saturday 19 February 2011 17:25:32 Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Did anybody complain about this? If not, would you mid either revert
>> >>> this commit or just go ahead and move all "potentially" offensive
>> >>> jokes to fortunes-o? Anything from Grouch Marx or Mark Twain will
>> >>> probably qualify.
>> >>
>> >> I'm happy to revert the checkin if you think the fortune should be in=
 the main
>> >> file, since it appears the PR submitter was complaining just as much =
about
>> >> being unprofessional as offensive. =A0Would you like me to go ahead a=
nd revert
>> >> the move?
>> >
>> > I suggest you to revert the commit
>>
>> Serious overkill, particularly since:
>> 1. The commit has already been MFC'ed, and
>> 2. The fortune in question actually _is_ potentially offensive
>>
>
> ...
> $ man fortune
> ...
> WARNING: Integrating fortune and your email will cause wide
> spread whining, crying, or panic which may or may not result
> in a lecture about how someone else is morally superior to
> yourself. =A0By integrating this program into your email client,
> you are accepting the risk of not being pc-enough for your
> peers (ones that you would probably never have a beer with).

"Depending on how lucky you are, your fortune may rub people the wrong way"=
 :).

Cheers,
-Garrett

"Never rub another man's rhubarb!"- The Joker



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