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Date:      Sat, 19 Feb 2011 21:12:59 -0200
From:      "Carlos A. M. dos Santos" <unixmania@gmail.com>
To:        Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r218650 - head/games/fortune/datfiles
Message-ID:  <AANLkTinoMs6KCfL8xt6aUch3-YrAWyLjxWsTOw%2B0kd%2BL@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <201102192007.32979.bruce@cran.org.uk>
References:  <201102131818.p1DIIuLL046962@svn.freebsd.org> <AANLkTi=KFCR=upHG2PErc2h-=U7P4NupY15Ca6-7ogn5@mail.gmail.com> <201102192007.32979.bruce@cran.org.uk>

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On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> wrote:
> 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 abou=
t
> being unprofessional as offensive. =A0Would you like me to go ahead and r=
evert
> the move?

I suggest you to revert the commit and add a prominent note to
fortune(1) explaining that the interpretation of a joke ever depends
on people's point of view. So the next time somebody comes with a
vague complaint about offensiveness you can just answer "you have been
warned".



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