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On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 03:36:26PM -0500, John David Robinson wrote: |
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> > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:44:57 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Have we picked up any prudes, or are they still all using debian? See, |
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> > I'm about to add app-vim/brainfuck-syntax to the tree, and I want to be |
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> > sure that I'm not going to make any Ashcroft-worshipping right wing |
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> > christian rednecks come after me in their SUVs, toting shotguns, waving |
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> > their rebel flags and proclaiming that the Earth is flat. |
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> I feel I should point out that people who aren't Gentoo developers |
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> regularly read this list (not to mention its availability in the |
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> archives). Some of them (maybe even devs themselves, though I can't |
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> speak for them) have well-formed, educated opinions that you don't |
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> share, and which you have insulted. |
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> Some people, for reasons you would probably actually respect if you met |
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> them in person and asked them why, object to "strong language". I'm not |
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> one of those people, but I respect them, and I'm kind of surprised to |
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> see a Gentoo developer bash and stereotype them. Whether or not you |
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> agree with them, you're marginalizing them (not to mention pretty much |
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> all Republicans and Christians who don't take your message with a hefty |
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> grain of salt) when you draw them the way you did in your email. |
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Or perhaps you just take things way too seriously. |
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Calm down. |
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Jon Portnoy |
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