Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:49:59 +0100 (CET) From: "Remko Lodder" <remko@elvandar.org> To: "Benjamin M. A'Lee" <bma+lists@subvert.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org/internal/fortunes.html rewording Message-ID: <34310.194.74.82.3.1196149799.squirrel@galain.elvandar.org>
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On Tue, November 27, 2007 12:05 am, Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote: > In light of the "discussion" on other lists, I'd like to suggest the > following > clarification to the text of http://www.freebsd.org/internal/fortunes.html > > Replace: > > Examples of entries that should not usually be declared 'offensive': > > * Hitler quotes. > > With: > > Examples of entries that should not usually be declared 'offensive': > > * Hitler quotes, or quotes from any other controversial figure, > should not be declared offensive simply because they are > controversial, but only if the quote itself is offensive. > > Somebody else may be able to suggest a better wording; as I understand it, > the > point is that offensiveness of quotes should be judged on their own merit, > not > on the ethics/morality/politics/anything else of the quoted person; the > page > should reflect this (as it seems to be misunderstood to mean that all > Hitler > quotes are acceptable). > > -- > Benjamin A'Lee :: benjamin.alee@subvert.org.uk > Subvert Technologies :: http://subvert.org.uk/ > Hello, Personally I do not see a real reason to update this text, I think it is fine as it is now, and indeed everyone should decide for him or herself whether these quotes are offensive or not, I think the world is already full of the additions that you are proposing :-) lets keep it simple.. But that's just my opinion... Thanks for discussing this and using the mailinglists to get this going. Cheers remko -- /"\ Best regards, | remko@FreeBSD.org \ / Remko Lodder | remko@EFnet X http://www.evilcoder.org/ | / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News
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