Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 23:53:15 GMT From: fdocs@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) To: jkh@time.cdrom.com Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New section: development Message-ID: <630@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
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In message <22881.840135964@time.cdrom.com> "Jordan K. Hubbard" writes: > > Perhaps we should have a separate section for this kind of thing - how > > about "Religion and Politics" (the first piece of advice in every > > ettiquette book used to be "never discuss religion or politics at > > dinner")? > > I don't have any trouble with a "things your mother never told you > about" section per-se, but I'd have to insist that everything in it be > *very carefully worded* to exhibit a total lack of bias. Absolutely. (This is one of the reasons why I've not been in any great hurry to post it for discussion). > Imagine > you're a (good) documentary filmmaker doing a piece on neo-NAZI > skinheads - some of what you're filming may be personally distasteful > but it's not your job to judge it, simply to portray it accurately. Rather a strange analogy (I didn't realise our relations with the Linux camp were quite that bad :-) but I've certainly tried very hard to be objective and to be fair to all sides. The emphasis is very much on clearing up common misconceptions about FreeBSD, *not* on providing ammo to re-kindle old flame wars (or start new ones). -- James Raynard
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