From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j1RMsZ4d009055 for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:54:36 GMT Received: from rwcrmhc13.comcast.net ([204.127.198.39]) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.42) id 1D5XJ3-0006A8-Dw for gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:54:33 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.4] (pcp05077810pcs.waldrf01.md.comcast.net[68.54.246.193]) by comcast.net (rwcrmhc13) with ESMTP id <2005022722543101500l4dj4e>; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:54:31 +0000 Message-ID: <42224F8B.8090708@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:54:03 -0500 From: Kumba User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en 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 To: gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Is anyone a prude? References: <20050227220524.55878.qmail@web50409.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050227220524.55878.qmail@web50409.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 82e9aba3-d831-4bf5-b191-f28450ee2045 X-Archives-Hash: d74c3580c65eba14f5d47f6f85e38fd1 Jason S wrote: > > Using your 'common sense' how does this fit into the > 'clean language' policy? From my point of view if > that package name is allowed then the policy is > unenforcable. This is one of the reasons why the English language is so complex. When I make a statement referencing "brainfuck", I'm referencing the name of a language, regardless of what words comprise the name. The usage of our friendly, four-letter word in the name itself is not intended to be vulgar in the same context as calling someone an "f'ing idiot" . In this case, the latter is the violation that should be taken care of. The former deserves a slight chuckle at best. Users/devs in the channels should be judged not on what words are spoken, but on how the words are spoken. It's the intent that matters most. --Kumba -- "Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere." --Elrond -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list