This guy explicitly said "censorship is ok in some cases" - of course he meant "censorship is ok as long as the beliefs of the others are censored". It's very easy talk like this when you were never censored in your life. When you're in a police state and you're beaten to broke your ribs because you took a pic of the wrong statue because you understand their language, you would think twice about it... (it still hurts by the way)
BTW, try to track it. It's kinda interesting... On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Shawn McCuan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Alright, rather than summing it up in that way, I suppose I could make it a > little more long winded and more eloquent, although, the exact same meaning > ends up being reached. I do however apologize for my unnecessary ad hominem. > > > This guy keeps arguing for something on which he has no logical grounds to > support his position. He is merely looking at a program name, demanding > censorship, just because he believes that somehow it is belittling to his > version of a god. He's not taking into account the hundreds of other gods > that the millions of Ubuntu users and developers believe in around the > world. I have yet to see any user of a different religion demand that the > bible study tools should be removed, although I'm positive they are contrary > to many users beliefs. > > If this package offends him, he should just choose not to install or use > it, just as Muslims, Hindu's and atheists wouldn't (under most > circumstances) install and/or use bible study tools. > > So, the reason for my comment is that he is demanding censorship to place > favor on his religious system, while completely ignoring everyone else's. > I'd like to see a Muslim or a Hindu chim in and request that the bible study > packages get removed because they contradict their religious beliefs, and > see how he responds. Once he see's how the cencorship will work once it's > reversed, maybe he'll learn to be a little more tolerant. > -- > Ubuntu-motu mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu > > -- [] Alexandre Strube [email protected]
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