Re: [gentoo-dev] Is anyone a prude?

[John David Robinson <strider@aravir.net>]

On Sun, 2005-02-27 at 20:56 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:36:26 -0500 John David Robinson
> <strider@aravir.net> wrote:
> | Even if you don't agree with or understand them, or decide against
> | their objections in the end, their opinions are just as worthy of
> | respect and consideration as yours.
> 
> They are? What about people who are of the opinion that the earth is
> flat? Or people who think that JFK was assassinated by aliens who crash
> landed their UFOs at Roswell? Or people who think that wearing magnetic
> bracelets is good for your health? Or people who think that Avril
> Lavigne has made a valuable cultural contribution to humanity? Or people
> who think that DJB is the best thing since sliced bread? Or emacs users
> who indent their Java source code using tabs? Should I respect their
> opinions too?

Heh.  Those Java tabbers... they just boil my blood. =)

I'm not trying to start a massive thread here or anything.  I think I
understand you.  Yes, some opinions or beliefs people hold are (to me,
too) laughable.  But making light of them still offends people in whose
lives those issues actually matter.  I just wanted to bring that out.

The particular opinions you made fun of are much more widely held than
JFK's assassination by aliens.  Some people who read this forum found
your post funny; some found it offensive.  It's clear that this comes as
a surprise to some people, and not at all to others.  That's all I
really wanted to make clear.

- John

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