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Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles fortunes fortunes2


From: Peter Avalos <pavalos@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:23:23 -0700
Mail-followup-to: commits@crater.dragonflybsd.org

On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 07:30:17PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 10:29:17PM -0400, Justin C. Sherrill wrote:
> > On Tue, August 9, 2005 6:55 pm, Simon Schubert said:
> > >   Log:
> > >   Remove Hitler quotes.  This for sure is something I don't want to see.
> > >
> > >   Having entertaining quotes of somebody who was responsible for genocide
> > >   does not honour the gravity of the incidents.
> > 
> > This sort of change should probably be discussed beforehand; Hitler is
> > only the most objectionable of a number of awful people referenced in the
> > quotes file.
> 
> Actually, some of the moved cookies ARE CLEARLY NOT OFFENSIVE AT ALL.
> To quote one of the removed cookies:
> 
> Everlasting peace will come to the world when the last man has slain
> the last but one.
>                -- Adolph Hitler
> 
> (ignoring the spelling of the person)
> 
> This is deeply ironic, but doesn't have anything to do with the history
> of the quoted person. Would anyone really doubt that there is a big
> grain of truth in that? For exactly that reason I object this chance.
> 

Concur.

--Peter

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