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bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
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Richard Stallman |
Subject: |
bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual |
Date: |
Wed, 08 Mar 2023 23:28:40 -0500 |
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> > Though I do not see why replacing the risky topics with more neutral
> > would hurt, given that the quality of a joke being changed does not
> > degrade.
> Because it amounts to kow-towing in front of the mob of hypersensitive
> people.
I agree.
If you write a mamual and put no jokes in it, the absence of jokes is
not a bug. There is no need to add jokes just so there will be some
jokes.
If you write a mamual and put no sex-related jokes in it, the absence
of sex-related jokes is not a bug. There is no need to add
sex-related jokes just so there will be some.
If you write a manual with some sex-related jokes, and for some
unrelated reason you delete one, deleting it is not a problem.
That particular sex-related joke is not essential for a good manual.
But if we consider a proposel to delete all sex-related jokes because
talking about sex is "offensive", that is not simply proposing a
change in the manual. It is, in effect, a proposal to establish a
rule against such jokes. That makes it much more of an issue than
adding or deleting one particular joke.
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Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual, Jean Louis, 2023/03/08
bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual, Richard Stallman, 2023/03/08
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- bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual, Po Lu, 2023/03/10
- bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/03/10
- bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual, Po Lu, 2023/03/10