Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2013 13:18:18 +1100 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Dag-Erling SmXXrgrav <des@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r246362 - head/games/fortune/datfiles Message-ID: <20130206021818.GB2899@eureka.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <201302051145.40104.jhb@freebsd.org> References: <201302051439.r15EdcE7011203@svn.freebsd.org> <201302051145.40104.jhb@freebsd.org>
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--A6N2fC+uXW/VQSAv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday, 5 February 2013 at 11:45:40 -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > On Tuesday, February 05, 2013 9:39:38 am Dag-Erling SmXXrgrav wrote: >> Author: des >> Date: Tue Feb 5 14:39:37 2013 >> New Revision: 246362 >> URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/246362 >> >> Log: >> Remove political propaganda >> >> Modified: >> head/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes-o.real > > *sigh* > > I'm sure there are other quotes that people who do not share your > political persuasion might find propaganda or offensive, etc. > Censorship and freedom of speech is quite a sticky widget, and I > think the only truly sane policy is that fortune files are > append-only (unless we outright remove them and that seems > excessive). And new things should have a very high bar to be added > to fortune. Perhaps we should move fortunes-o to ports entirely? Agreed, it shouldn't be up to individuals to decide which fortunes are *too* offensive. In this case, I suspect that there's a distinct difference between the perceptions of people inside and outside the USA. I also find Limbaugh particularly hard to stomach, but I don't think it should have been removed. The real issue I see is that, for whatever reason, the Limbaugh fortunes pop up far too frequently. It's as if the random number generation is failing. Comments? Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog@FreeBSD.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft MUA reports problems, please read http://tinyurl.com/broken-mua --A6N2fC+uXW/VQSAv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAlERvWkACgkQIubykFB6QiOi/gCgnFml35BZJoETJAQgHtOAc0Pm py8An2ZjouDNjsWwkf4DoJR8Pu9Czky9 =3RaQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --A6N2fC+uXW/VQSAv--
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