From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from outbound4.mail.tds.net (outbound4.mail.tds.net [216.170.230.94]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j1RKqAr0004520 for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:52:10 GMT Received: from cerberus.oppresses.us (h69-21-249-227.69-21.unk.tds.net [69.21.249.227]) by outbound4.mail.tds.net (8.12.10/8.12.2) with ESMTP id j1RKq2NG016998; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:52:02 -0600 (CST) Received: by cerberus.oppresses.us (Postfix, from userid 500) id A1E044AEBB; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:52:01 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 15:52:01 -0500 From: Jon Portnoy To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Cc: Ciaran McCreesh , gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Is anyone a prude? Message-ID: <20050227205201.GA24820@cerberus.oppresses.us> References: <20050226204457.0bfad52d@snowdrop> <1109536586.6718.39.camel@peter.aravir.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1109536586.6718.39.camel@peter.aravir.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Archives-Salt: 52cfaef5-6b87-4d3d-b4ef-9caf287e952b X-Archives-Hash: ec10280d8c9f9621643e41800eabdd7d 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 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. -- Jon Portnoy avenj/irc.freenode.net -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list