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Jason S wrote: |
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> Using your 'common sense' how does this fit into the |
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> 'clean language' policy? From my point of view if |
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> that package name is allowed then the policy is |
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> unenforcable. |
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This is one of the reasons why the English language is so complex. When I |
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make a statement referencing "brainfuck", I'm referencing the name of a |
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language, regardless of what words comprise the name. The usage of our |
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friendly, four-letter word in the name itself is not intended to be vulgar in |
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the same context as calling someone an "f'ing idiot" </self censorship>. In |
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this case, the latter is the violation that should be taken care of. The |
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former deserves a slight chuckle at best. |
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Users/devs in the channels should be judged not on what words are spoken, but |
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on how the words are spoken. It's the intent that matters most. |
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--Kumba |
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"Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small |
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hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere." |
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--Elrond |
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