Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 16:06:10 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Stephen McKay <smckay@internode.on.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Personal patches Message-ID: <20040102053610.GP78263@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <200401020525.i025PM2W004726@dungeon.home> References: <200401020525.i025PM2W004726@dungeon.home>
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--p2pkNiL1PnZBJ6Nr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Friday, 2 January 2004 at 15:25:22 +1000, Stephen McKay wrote: > I've finally had to edit the fortunes file to remove stuff that is so bad > that I physically cringe whenever I see it. No matter how I try, I just > can't see the funny side of it. Yes, it's in the "potentially obscene" > section, alongside the funniest stuff in the fortunes database. But there > are limits. > > Anyway, today I added a new patch to my list of essential FreeBSD fixes: > I deleted everything by Rush Limbaugh. That guy just can't do humour. It > doesn't work as satire, or even parody. It's just awful. > > Would anybody object if I commited this one? I think the answer would have to be "yes". Though I personally agree with you about its usefulness, the whole thing about the potentially offensive fortunes is, of course, that they might offend. Somebody else might like them. I don't think that anybody should play censor here. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers. --p2pkNiL1PnZBJ6Nr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/9QNKIubykFB6QiMRAkjeAKCShT1yWJomobZY2LI3htzBr2AFYQCfZrhl jLf9I/ObfizCGeyZhyWJPb8= =hXYR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --p2pkNiL1PnZBJ6Nr--
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