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

Garrett Cooper gcooper at FreeBSD.org
Mon Feb 21 20:12:20 UTC 2011


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" :).

Cheers,
-Garrett

"Never rub another man's rhubarb!"- The Joker


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