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From: "Gary R. Van Sickle" <g DOT r DOT vansickle AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 20:17:49 -0600
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Andy, Andy, Andy:

> Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Brian Bruns wrote:
> >
> >> and leave it be. We shouldn't be forcing our views on other people.
> >
> > If you leave it be, then that is the view forced on other people.
> 
> No view is forced. People must make an effort to find it. If 
> said person doesn't want it then don't go looking for it.

I made no effort to find Cygwinized profanity.  I stumbled across a program
named "fortune" one day, which I was told printed out corny sayings etc, and
installed it.  Then I forgot about it.  Then, some time later, I was told
that what I thought was a program written with "good clean fun" in mind was
in fact loaded with enough potty mouth to make even *me* blush.

Good thing I didn't install it at work, and that I don't work at a Megacorp
that has whole departments devoted to rooting through peoples' files looking
for reasons to fire them.

-- 
Gary R. Van Sickle
 


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