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Jason S wrote: |
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> I usually don't read to find the intent, unless trying |
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> to figure who started something. I just don't have |
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> time. It's much easier to just make certain words |
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> taboo. |
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This is an inherent flaw in some circles of society. This is also the exact |
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kind of thing ciaranm was checking for. People who instantly see something |
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"bad" and then freak out often cause problesm for the rest of us who would |
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merely shrug it off. |
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It's similar to the wardrobe malfunction seen in the 2004 Superbowl. US |
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society has a rather peculiar habit of labelling an exposed breast as a |
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hideous, evil thing that should be censored immediately, while freely airing |
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erectile dysfunction commercials every 5 minutes. The intent of Jackson and |
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Timberlake was to surprise everyone -- unfortunately, their intent not only |
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backfired and surprised them, but also overdid the surprise factor to everyone |
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else watching. The intent of the erectile dysfunction commercials was to |
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simply exploit the human desire for better sex. |
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Which do you think is more offensive now that the intent is known?, being |
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surprised or being exploited? The same goes for the purpose of this topic -- |
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the name "brainfuck" will probably surprise a few people, make a few chuckle, |
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raise some eyebrows on others. But is it going to seriously impede the mental |
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growth of some individual that sees it, or otherwise cause them harm? I say |
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highly unlikely. Using our friendly, four-letter word in a more blunt |
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statement directed as a personal attack against someone will cause far greater |
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harm than simply seeing it in the name of a package. |
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> Are you volunteering to be a 'intent' reader in |
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> #gentoo? I find those harder to spot(highligher |
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> doesn't catch them), since I'm often working on |
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> something else. Could use the help. :D |
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I'm insane enough as it is, I don't need to be driven any more so by |
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monitoring #gentoo :) |
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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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