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bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
From: |
Ihor Radchenko |
Subject: |
bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual |
Date: |
Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:34:08 +0000 |
Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> > What is not clear for me is the word "occasional". How many jokes are
> > considered occasional?
>
> Alas, it is impossible to formulate an exact definition of
> "occasional". That is the nature of the concept.
>
> I think it means that if you feel that you encounter one after another
> after another, that's not occasional. That's the right way to decide
> such a question. Of course, we can't expect all people to judge this
> the same way.
Thanks for the clarification!
It is a bit unsatisfactory, but understandable. Trying to provide a
measurable criterion would likely get such criterion wrong anyway.
WRT this bug report, my understanding is the following:
Just the fact of using a sensitive topic for a joke must not be a reason
to remove it. The only reason would be showing and getting others to
agree that such jokes are numerous across the manual.
What is not clear for me is a stance on replacing the jokes on sensitive
topic with equivalent jokes on less sensitive topic. Unless such change
is making the jokes worse, should it be rejected? Accepted?
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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
bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual, Jean Louis, 2023/03/13
bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual, Sam James, 2023/03/08