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

[Jon Portnoy <avenj@gentoo.org>]

On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 03:36:26PM -0500, John David Robinson wrote:
> > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:44:57 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh <ciaranm@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > Have we picked up any prudes, or are they still all using debian? See,
> > I'm about to add app-vim/brainfuck-syntax to the tree, and I want to be
> > sure that I'm not going to make any Ashcroft-worshipping right wing
> > christian rednecks come after me in their SUVs, toting shotguns, waving
> > their rebel flags and proclaiming that the Earth is flat.
> 
> 
> I feel I should point out that people who aren't Gentoo developers
> regularly read this list (not to mention its availability in the
> archives).  Some of them (maybe even devs themselves, though I can't
> speak for them) have well-formed, educated opinions that you don't
> share, and which you have insulted.
> 
> Some people, for reasons you would probably actually respect if you met
> them in person and asked them why, object to "strong language".  I'm not
> one of those people, but I respect them, and I'm kind of surprised to
> see a Gentoo developer bash and stereotype them.  Whether or not you
> agree with them, you're marginalizing them (not to mention pretty much
> all Republicans and Christians who don't take your message with a hefty
> grain of salt) when you draw them the way you did in your email.
> 

Or perhaps you just take things way too seriously.

Calm down.

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