svn commit: r218650 - head/games/fortune/datfiles

Tom Rhodes trhodes at FreeBSD.org
Tue Feb 22 12:30:43 UTC 2011


On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 12:12:18 -0800
Garrett Cooper <gcooper at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:14 AM, Tom Rhodes <trhodes at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:27:12 -0800
> > Doug Barton <dougb at dougbarton.us> wrote:
> >
> >> On 02/19/2011 15:12, Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote:
> >> > On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Bruce Cran<bruce at cran.org.uk>  wrote:
> >> >> On Saturday 19 February 2011 17:25:32 Carlos A. M. dos Santos wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> Did anybody complain about this? If not, would you mid either revert
> >> >>> this commit or just go ahead and move all "potentially" offensive
> >> >>> jokes to fortunes-o? Anything from Grouch Marx or Mark Twain will
> >> >>> probably qualify.
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm happy to revert the checkin if you think the fortune should be in the main
> >> >> file, since it appears the PR submitter was complaining just as much about
> >> >> being unprofessional as offensive.  Would you like me to go ahead and revert
> >> >> the move?
> >> >
> >> > I suggest you to revert the commit
> >>
> >> Serious overkill, particularly since:
> >> 1. The commit has already been MFC'ed, and
> >> 2. The fortune in question actually _is_ potentially offensive
> >>
> >
> > ...
> > $ man fortune
> > ...
> > WARNING: Integrating fortune and your email will cause wide
> > spread whining, crying, or panic which may or may not result
> > in a lecture about how someone else is morally superior to
> > yourself.  By integrating this program into your email client,
> > you are accepting the risk of not being pc-enough for your
> > peers (ones that you would probably never have a beer with).
> 
> "Depending on how lucky you are, your fortune may rub people the wrong way" :).

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