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Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 17:38:18 -0600 (CST)
From: Rodrigo de Salvo Braz <braz AT uiuc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Obscene content in cygwin file.
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, R.Powers wrote:

> I don't think it has anything to do with Christianity or Atheism or PC
> or Free Speech..or being Hip or Cool....or forcing anything on
> anybody..........
>
> It's merely obscene crudity.
>
> If it's better suited to publication on the wall of a public toilet than
> on the wall of your living room, for all to ponder and appreciate, then
> why keep it.

That already carries a judgment reflecting your values. Certainly the
people who included them in fortune thought otherwise.

> If someone's interest runs in that direction that interest can easily be
> fulfilled elsewhere.

You can say that about many other components of cygwin (say, games).

For the record, I am for the "pro-choice" option of making it -o.

Rodrigo

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