Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:51:13 +0100 From: Dominic Fandrey <LoN_Kamikaze@gmx.de> To: eBoundHost: Artur <artur@eboundhost.com> Cc: Frank Shute <frank@esperance-linux.co.uk>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, FreeBSD chat <freebsd-chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: who wrote this Message-ID: <474AF981.3080709@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <001701c83046$1c3af910$6d00a8c0@mobility> References: <000401c82fb0$191b53b0$f300a8c0@outkast> <000301c82fbe$6ff618b0$6701a8c0@mobility> <20071126013321.GA82569@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <001d01c82fd1$d0722130$6701a8c0@mobility> <20071126130142.GA85191@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <001701c83046$1c3af910$6d00a8c0@mobility>
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eBoundHost: Artur wrote: > 2) That's the thing, banning hitlers name is not at all what i'm trying > to do. I think we should keep his quotes in the database of quotes, if > that's what the community thinks is appropriate. What I'm suggesting is > that we remove his name from the website: > (http://www.freebsd.org/internal/fortunes.html) because it seems to > innapropriately focus the attention away from the program (Fortune) and > unecessarily makes the FreeBSD community seem like a bunch of > insensitive jerks because we seemingly condone hitlers sayings. > ... Quote from the linked website: > If an entry offends more than a couple of FreeBSD committers and does not > contain any objective poignant historical reference, the entry should be in > the offensive file. I'm not a freebsd committer, but I do feel offended by Hitler quotes (being German that is understandable, I think). And it's unthinkable for me to put anything he said anywhere else but into offensive. Just by being his words a quote is put into an offensive (and not amusing) context.
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