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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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I know this probably seems like a strong reaction, but for people on the |
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"other side of the fence", like some friends of mine, your email sounds |
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like a real stab at the (well thought out, as I'm sure yours are) |
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opinions and positions they hold. I guess I don't see a need for that |
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on a list dedicated to conversation about this distribution's |
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development. |
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If you have to ask if someone objects to something you want to do, don't |
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make him or her have to feel like an idiot, prude, or an |
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"Ashcroft-worshipping, right wing Christian redneck" in order to |
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disagree with you. Even if you don't agree with or understand them, or |
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decide against their objections in the end, their opinions are just as |
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worthy of respect and consideration as yours. |
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- John Robinson |
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