-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Alexander Schmehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Question regarding "offensive" material > Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 17:41:25 +0200 > Hi! > > * Ralf Hildebrandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [050615 12:51]: > > I'm asking for guidance regarding this bug: > > #313492: xscreensaver/GLSnake has sexually inappropriate imagery > > Interessting... my I report the wishlist bug, that it should be possible > with GLSnake to show a specific - uhm - thing? > > > > 1) Is it a bug at all? > > There's no technical problem in the program per se. It's just that > > this one person may find it contains "sexually inappropriate imagery". > > Acutally, I think calling those things "bugs" is a waste of time... > looking at the Fedora-Installation they seemed to had similar problems, > they do the following: > > - { "k's turd", > + { "caterpillar", > - { "arse gegl", > + { "gegl", > - { "kissy box", > + { "ribbon", > - { "erect penis", /* thanks benno */ > + { "shuffle board", /* thanks benno */ > - { "flaccid penis", > + { "anchor", > - { "vagina", > + { "engagement ring", > - { "Penis", > + { "Shuttle", > > That leaves just two questions: > > - What is a "gegl"? I couldn't find it in any dictionary. > - Perhaps we should ask the Debian Women projekt, if it would be okay, > if we replace "vagina" with "engagement ring" ;) > (Oh, I shouldn't have made this joke, should I?) > > > Well, perhaps it would be easier, if glsnake would just be called with > the parameter "--without-title", leaving everything to the fantasy of > the viewer (BTW: I really think, that the prayer looks quite similar to > the normal penis), but we would then risk getting bug reports of people > who thing that the flamingo is a double headed dildo... > > Well, I think I mail the fedora patch to the bts, they seem to patch a > bit more, e.g. removing "bad words" from the barcode screensaver. So we > just risk to get bug reports by people, who get offended by religous > material: glsnake randomly shows a crucifix! > > > Yours sincerely, > Alexander > -- Grzegorz B. Prokopski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SableVM - Free, LGPL'ed Java VM http://sablevm.org Why SableVM ?!? http://sablevm.org/wiki/Features Debian GNU/Linux - the Free OS http://www.debian.org
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