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RE: Obscene content in cygwin file.


Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 22:54:16 -0600, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote:
>> My write-in candidate:
>> [x] Not offended.  Clean it up anyway.  It's unprofessional in the
>> extreme and can only result in embarassment and trouble.
> 
> As a Christian, I agree with Gary. :)
> 
> I actually think it's an upstream bug. The limerick file meets the
> "offensive" category and so, according to the notes file, should be
> limerick-o and be rot-13 encrypted (then we can throw the DMCA at
> offended people, too). Looks like fortune is due for an update to the
> /usr/share/doc/ FHS standard
> anyway.
> 
> There is plenty of 1st Amendment content on the Internet, but let
> people get it elsewhere.

Me too:
[x] Not offended.  Clean it up anyway.  It's unprofessional in the
    extreme and can only result in embarassment and trouble.

I agree it should be rot-13 etc.

Bill
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