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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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> writes:
: On Wednesday 06 January 2010 9:13:56 am Dag-Erling Smørgrav 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 someone."
: >
: > I don't see how the Rumsfeld quote could offend anyone. True, Rumsfeld
: > is a politician (and not a particularly popular one in most parts of 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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