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Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:30:48 +0100
From: Geoffrey KRETZ <gk AT 4js DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Obscene content in cygwin file.
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>The political correctness brainwashing machine has done its job
>quite well, AFAICS.
>
>Well, let's face it, I'm a woman.  I'm by definition one of the
>disadvantaged groups of the society.  The joke is this, I'm not
>at all offended by offensive jokes.  I don't have to laugh if I
>don't like the joke, but I laugh also about jokes which are
>so-called offensive.  So what?  As I wrote in another mail, 99%
>of the jokes are in a way directed against anybody. 
>
>And here's a couple of question:
>
>  Where is the border between a "non-offensive" joke and an
>  "offensive" joke?
>
>  Who defines the border?
>
>  If 80% of the worlds population is offended by a joke, is it
>  an offensive joke?
>
>  If 20% of the worlds population is offended by a joke, is it
>  an offensive joke?
>
>  If any one person on the world is offended by a joke, is it
>  an offensive joke?
>
>  If any joke can offend any one person on the world, are all
>  jokes offensive?
>
>  Should we forbid to tell jokes, so that the danger that anybody
>  could perhaps be offended, is zero?
>
>  Should we arrest joke tellers?
>
>  Should we burn all existing books which contain jokes?
>
>
>Do you get the message?
>
>
>Corinna
>
>
>NB: Did anybody read "Fahrenheit 451" from Ray Bradbury?  It's not about
>    jokes in the first place, but somehow this discussion reminds me
>    of the book in a fatal way
>  
>

I've follow with interest this talk about an obscene content in cygwin 
file and I agree 100 % with Corinna.

Stop wanting to burn Witches or to chase Communists, they are all dead...

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