Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Oct 1998 09:18:29 +0100 (BST) | From | Tigran Aivazian <> | Subject | Re: Cosmetic Changes: ensuring decency of the Linux Kernel Source. |
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Dear Lauri,
I have no sense of humor and do not understand humans' sarcasm personally. However, careful examination of your message suggests a possibility that you are calling me a "bigot", which according to dict(1) (big thanks to Rickard E. Faith, btw! see www.dict.org) means "a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own". I can assure you that I am not (i.e. most people who know me would confirm) such a "bigot" and the purpose of the original post was to remind that Linux source may be read in educational establishments, not to mention that printk() with the "f-word" may harm advocacy of Linux. As for there being "something wrong" about "f-word" I do not care about it at all (as long as it does not contain any blasphemy against the Holy Ghost) and is merely a "convention" set by a group of people. Even if I (personally) disregard practically all of those "conventions", having respect for their habits on one hand, and making sure that nothing harms promotion of Linux on the other, I felt the need to mail to linux-kernel.
That is all!
regards, ------ -------- --------- -------- -- - -- ---- -- Tigran A. Aivazian | http://www.sco.com Escalations Research Group | tel: +44-(0)1923-813796 Santa Cruz Operation Ltd | Email: tigran@sco.com
On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Lauri Tischler wrote:
> David Woodhouse wrote: > > > > Could anyone enlighten me as to what's wrong with the f-word anyway? I've > > always been confused as to why it's not liked. Seems like unfair > > discrimination to me. > > > There is nothing wrong with it, most of us would not be here without > the f-act. > I assume that the original bigot got here by divine intercour^H^H^H^Haction.
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