On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 7:09 AM, Richard Stallman <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am proud of my Saint IGNUcius routine. Thousands of people have > laughed at it. The routine makes fun of people, especially Emacs > users, but does not insult or attack anyone, not even Emacs users. It > > Hi Richard, Like all things our community continues to evolve and what might be great back in the good ol days might not be now. Historically, women and minorities have not had a large role in free software community. So that joke might have worked with a lot of people back then but not so much now. Since you're a celebrity people are willing to probably overlook such things that might normally offend them. Of course the opposite is true as well, because you're a celebrity people might be even more offended depending on how sensitive they feel your role is. People's view of sex around this globe is pretty diverse so it is always a minefield when you combine anything with sex in a diversified environment. If you're going to go there, I'd take a good look at your audience. :-) sri
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