From owner-freebsd-www@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 27 16:34:44 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12B9A16A418 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:34:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remko@elvandar.org) Received: from galain.elvandar.org (galain.elvandar.org [217.148.169.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCBCC13C4D9 for ; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:34:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remko@elvandar.org) Received: from evilcoder.xs4all.nl ([195.64.94.120] helo=elvandar.local) by galain.elvandar.org with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1Ix3OU-0007e6-SI; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:34:42 +0100 Message-ID: <474C473F.3080805@elvandar.org> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:35:11 +0100 From: Remko Lodder User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Macintosh/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Boris Samorodov References: <34310.194.74.82.3.1196149799.squirrel@galain.elvandar.org> <87076177@ipt.ru> In-Reply-To: <87076177@ipt.ru> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Subject: Re: http://www.freebsd.org/internal/fortunes.html rewording X-BeenThere: freebsd-www@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Project Webmasters List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:34:44 -0000 Boris Samorodov wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2007 08:49:59 +0100 (CET) Remko Lodder wrote: >> On Tue, November 27, 2007 12:05 am, Benjamin M. A'Lee wrote: > >>> Replace: >>> Examples of entries that should not usually be declared 'offensive': >>> * Hitler quotes. > > I have already asked the question at another list but didn't get an > answer. As I'm not a native English speaker can someone say what that > phrase mean? As for me it seams like "Examples of enties that mainly > are not offensive: * Hitler qoutes". This means that quotes by Hitler should not by default be seen as offensive quotes. Imo he was a cruel man (to say the least) but that should have no influence on some of his quotes. > >> Personally I do not see a real reason to update this text, > > I'd prefer to see someting like "Examples and entries that sometimes > may be not offensive: * Hitler quotes". But why the official FreeBSD > site should point an attention at him personally? > >> I think it is >> fine as it is now, and indeed everyone should decide for him or herself >> whether these quotes are offensive or not, > > OK, let _others_ decide it after reading those quotes. But let's stay > away of the politics at the official site. Using his name _alone_ *is* > politics. No, it's just one example that is being displayed, we could also cite some other cruel person from the past.. > >> I think the world is already >> full of the additions that you are proposing :-) lets keep it simple.. > > OK, I'll try to advice a simple phrase that has a strict apolitical > meaning and send it via PR. OKI I noticed the PR, lets see what other people think:) Cheers remko > > > WBR -- /"\ Best regards, | remko@FreeBSD.org \ / Remko Lodder | remko@EFnet X http://www.evilcoder.org/ | / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News