Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 10:53:28 -0400 (EDT) From: "c. schindler" <cschindl@wam.umd.edu> To: Jeremiah Gowdy <jgowdy@home.com> Cc: michael@tenzo.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pornography on Yahoo Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0104131053190.13308-100000@rac1.wam.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <000901c0c399$6ad76ed0$035778d8@sherline.net>
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i hear you. On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Jeremiah Gowdy wrote: > > sounds like someone is having a bad day. > > > > It's always a bad day when I have to deal with moral bigotry. > > > -------------- > > chris > > news for free-bsd questions, stuff that really matters > > > > On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Jeremiah Gowdy wrote: > > > > > > Based on the Friends I've known, I'd cut her some slack. It's likely > she > > > > doesn't understand the relationship between Yahoo and FreeBSD but is > > > > motivated by principle to raise what she considers an important issue. > > > > Compared to her single post, much more noise has been added to the > list by > > > > all the people who've felt it necessary to respond with ridicule. > > > > > > And I believe people can keep their damned morals and principles to > > > themselves and not try to push them on others. It would be one thing to > > > talk to people in conversation about it. But to spam an email list with > her > > > "important issues" is a bunch of crap. Just because she's a "Friend" or > a > > > Quaker, that's doesn't mean she gets any special excuse to push her > morals > > > on -questions. If my morals and beliefs caused me to want to push > Atheism > > > on this mailing list would I get the same "slack" ? I think not. > Quakers > > > are people too, and I could care less what kind of great "Friend" she > is. > > > If the friends are all about spamming my email box with their morals, > then I > > > don't consider them a "Friend". > > > > > > > My hunch is that the Friends would probably view pornography as a > violence > > > > issue and it's hard to find a religious community that has done more > to > > > > combat violence in all forms. I have a lot of relatives who are > Friends > > > and > > > > I've always admired their committment to peace, rejection of religious > > > dogma, > > > > and willingness to put their beliefs on the line. > > > > > > Who gives a damn how they view pornography ? I view pornography with my > > > DVD-ROM. Big deal. So many religious people feel they have a right to > push > > > their views, morals, and beliefs on others. I have one thing to say to > > > that. FOAD. > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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