On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:38:59PM -0600, DvB wrote: > "Kurt Lieber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Lazarus Long said: > > > Again, there is no excuse for racism in Debian. Other packages have > > > elided the inappropriate material in the past, as they should. > > > > No, they shouldn't. Debian is not about censorship. I personally find the > > quoted joke offensive, but I'm not about to say he doesn't have a right to > > include it if he so chooses to. > > > > > I'll probably regret getting involved in this discussion but, > personally and apropriateness of offensive material in Debian aside, I > think the "joke" (as I saw it, out of context, in the quoted text of > another message) is only offensive if you think that there's something > wrong with posessing that particular skin pigmentation. Being compared > to the luxurious item mentioned, to my knowledge, advocates no common > stereotypes and, if anything, could be taken as a compliment.
comparing a human being to an automobile is not compliment, even if we're talking saabs. > > If I were to tell a person with red hair: "Wow, your hair is so red that > it looks like it's on fire" that person would probably only take offense > if having red hair were considered undesirable. The same goes for > comments on stature (height), eye color, country of origin, the > political party your mother's affiliated with... and the list goes on > and on. > ...apples and oranges. making fun of someone's race is at a completely different level. sure, discrimination exists with practically everything, but that doesn't (and shouldn't) innoculate racism from criticism and censure. > As a final throught, it sounds like everyone's automatically assuming > certain things about the author of the program in question (namely > racial heritage and the intent of the text). > > Just my $0.02. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
