On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 02:25:10PM -0600, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > At 2022-11-21T07:58:29-0700, Sam Hartman wrote: [....] > Thanks, Sam. (And Tomas, to whom I have an unfinished reply lingering > in my postponed folder.) Don't bother much. Other than Sam's, my message is not that deep that it deserves reply :-) [lots and lots snipped, although believe me, I've read every word: I do enjoy your eloquence and erudition] > But, since you asked, that's my sketch for a future fortunes-nsfw or > whatever. (Let's please be honest enough to admit that the original > purpose of the package's segregation was attempted avoidance of > interactions with U.S. corporate HR departments.) I'd be careful in that: Debian's user (and contributor) base has expanded a lot since Day Zero (or well, I've been looking at it since Day One or so). Nowadays there are probably believing Muslims or national Chinese around, who may be hurt by things "we", steeped in white male western culture we may not even see. So the ability to listen, to overcome the "nah, that ain't so bad" first reaction becomes ever more important. I think the kind of curation envisioned here can only be a very careful collective work. I haven't even myself an idea how to try to tackle that. Perhaps even this "one category" of a fortunes-off is a reflection of our very simplistic asymmetrical-dualistic (one Heaven and one Hell) view of things, I don't know. You say "contextualize", but how do you contextualize Anita Bryant to some person socialised at the other end of the world? As a bog standard European, I, at least, have a slim chance to understand what you are talking about, but... > > But please don't fan the flames. > > Fear not; I feel my resolve flagging apace. I should see a doctor about > my inability to sustain a flame war. There may be a drug for me. Don't do drugs. At least, not against this :-) Thanks for the links. I just followed one (working class history). Bandwidth, alas. Cheers -- t
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