On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 03:36:26PM -0500, John David Robinson wrote: > > On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:44:57 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > Have we picked up any prudes, or are they still all using debian? See, > > I'm about to add app-vim/brainfuck-syntax to the tree, and I want to be > > sure that I'm not going to make any Ashcroft-worshipping right wing > > christian rednecks come after me in their SUVs, toting shotguns, waving > > their rebel flags and proclaiming that the Earth is flat. > > > I feel I should point out that people who aren't Gentoo developers > regularly read this list (not to mention its availability in the > archives). Some of them (maybe even devs themselves, though I can't > speak for them) have well-formed, educated opinions that you don't > share, and which you have insulted. > > Some people, for reasons you would probably actually respect if you met > them in person and asked them why, object to "strong language". I'm not > one of those people, but I respect them, and I'm kind of surprised to > see a Gentoo developer bash and stereotype them. Whether or not you > agree with them, you're marginalizing them (not to mention pretty much > all Republicans and Christians who don't take your message with a hefty > grain of salt) when you draw them the way you did in your email. >
Or perhaps you just take things way too seriously. Calm down. -- Jon Portnoy avenj/irc.freenode.net -- [email protected] mailing list
