On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 06:20:45PM +0100, Volker Bandke wrote: > BTW, my computer randomly selected the tagline below. Is it > obscene? Should I burn my Laptop (she wouldn't like that, I am > sure)
> Sex without love is an empty experience, but, as empty experiences > go, it's one of the best. -- Woody Allen I'm sure some will be delighted to hear that particular one will be in the offensive "sex" file in the new version I'm working on. >From Amy Lewis's notes on her 1995 rewrite of fortune: > An attempt has been made to restructure the fortune database. This has > included, of necessity, a concatenation and redivision of the offensive > and inoffensive fortunes. In the process, some fortunes may have gotten > lost, and others may have moved from one category to another (or from > both categories to one or the other, more commonly). > > The following were the criteria I used to make the division: > Anything about sex is offensive. Welcome to America. *sigh* > Insults based on religion or ethnicity are offensive. > Generally, any criticism of anybody's religion is offensive. > "He really said that?" quotes from politicians are offensive. > Political bias is offensive. > Limericks are offensive even if they aren't. > Tastelessness is offensive (q.v. "The Snack"). > Misogyny and misandry for the sake of themselves are offensive. > Vulgarity is offensive. > Violence for the sake of humor is offensive. > > Surprisingly, given this rather broad definition, there are still more > inoffensive quotations, quips, and quozzits than offensive ones. A > peculiar, back-handed compliment to human nature (it surprised me). I would highly recommend *not* persuing that (q.v. "The Snack"). -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/