On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 17:30 +0200, Patryk Zawadzki wrote: > 2010/6/25 Stone Mirror <[email protected]>: > > Since you've brought it up, Patryk, my very first thought in looking at > > these guidelines was to marvel at the completeness with which Mr. > > Stallman's "keynote" at GCDS last year managed to run roughshod over every > > single one. > > > > There's nothing wrong with jokes or humor. When the supposed "humor" comes > > directly at the expense of a minority of the audience―a part, in fact, > > which is unreasonably small―it should be apparent that this is not the sort > > of "humor" we want to be seeing in a keynote address at our community's own > > technical conference. > > > > "Humor" is supposed to be funny; Mr. Stallman was not. A keynote should not > > single out a portion of the community for unwanted negative attention, > > particularly when that attention is of a sexual nature. > > I am not defending RMS. I am just stating that the anti-RMS rules are > so vague that any statement can be bent to become a violation. I bet > at least one person in the audience is offended when they see the > presenter using a Mac. Or sporting a Windows t-shirt. Or using an > iPod. Or mentioning that Apple did something better than GNOME. > "Security, seize and escort the speaker out of the building." :)
Exactly! For instance, I am offended almost every time Lefty or Philip Van Hoof say something ... almost anything nowdays. - S _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
