From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
To: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@redhat.com>
Cc: Don Barry <don@sirtf.com>, libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: delete abortion joke
Date: Tue, 08 May 2018 04:05:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <orvabyssgh.fsf@lxoliva.fsfla.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2e5399de-4340-2a8f-0c0c-2337e584d1de@redhat.com> (Carlos O'Donell's message of "Mon, 7 May 2018 21:28:44 -0400")
On May 7, 2018, "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos@redhat.com> wrote:
> 3 - Yay (for removal)
> 1 - Nay
> 5 - Abstain
> Do we remove the joke?
If we were voting rather than building consensus, I would say we would
remove it.
> There is no GNU policy for conflict between GNU package maintainers.
Maybe we don't need one.
When GNU requests appointed maintainers to make a certain change, we
should all be aligned in voting, consensus or whatever decision making
process.
When GNU doesn't, we are just bound by our general commitment to GNU and
should proceed in ways that we believe best serve its interests, and
those of the specific project.
IMHO :-)
> Why is one abortion joke better than a whole chapter on censorship that
> more people can understand?
Because we're humans. Humor has a way of breaking mind barriers that a
whole chapter doesn't. It requires forming connections in ways that
regular prose doesn't. It's a very powerful tool to speak truth to
power.
(I'm not saying this specific joke displays these features, mind you,
just answering your question with a general notion that reflects my
understanding and personal experience as a writer and public speaker)
--
Alexandre Oliva, freedom fighter http://FSFLA.org/~lxoliva/
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Gandhi
Be Free! -- http://FSFLA.org/ FSF Latin America board member
Free Software Evangelist|Red Hat Brasil GNU Toolchain Engineer
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Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-08 0:46 Don Barry
2018-05-08 1:28 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-05-08 4:05 ` Alexandre Oliva [this message]
2018-05-08 2:26 ` DJ Delorie
2018-05-08 3:06 ` Russ Allbery
2018-05-08 10:10 ` Torvald Riegel
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2018-05-03 15:00 [rain1@airmail.cc] Delete " DJ Delorie
2018-05-03 17:05 ` Javier Serrano Polo
2018-05-05 4:02 ` Richard Stallman
[not found] <orin883lcl.fsf@lxoliva.fsfla.org>
2018-05-01 3:03 ` [rain1@airmail.cc] " Richard Stallman
2018-05-01 13:54 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-05-02 3:11 ` Richard Stallman
2018-05-02 6:26 ` Ondřej Bílka
2018-05-02 7:00 ` Javier Serrano Polo
2018-05-02 7:16 ` Rical Jasan
2018-05-03 3:34 ` Richard Stallman
2018-05-03 6:08 ` [rain1@airmail.cc] " Alexandre Oliva
2018-05-05 15:44 ` Federico Leva (Nemo)
2018-05-01 16:12 ` [rain1@airmail.cc] " Zack Weinberg
2018-05-02 3:11 ` Richard Stallman
2018-05-03 4:36 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-05-03 12:28 ` Florian Weimer
2018-05-03 20:58 ` Alexandre Oliva
2018-05-04 1:09 ` Zack Weinberg
2018-05-06 3:17 ` Richard Stallman
2018-05-06 18:00 ` Zack Weinberg
2018-05-06 18:04 ` Javiera Serrano Polo
2018-05-06 18:14 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-05-06 18:29 ` Javiera Serrano Polo
2018-05-06 19:20 ` Florian Weimer
2018-05-07 2:03 ` Richard Stallman
2018-05-07 19:29 ` Javiera Serrano Polo
2018-05-07 23:51 ` Alexandre Oliva
2018-05-07 23:56 ` Zach van Rijn
2018-05-08 3:28 ` Siddhesh Poyarekar
2018-05-08 4:46 ` Javiera Serrano Polo
[not found] ` <1525713151.19750.28.camel@jasp.net>
2018-05-08 1:55 ` Richard Stallman
2018-05-04 2:56 ` [rain1@airmail.cc] " Siddhesh Poyarekar
2018-05-04 16:32 ` Rich Felker
2018-05-04 16:40 ` Javiera Serrano Polo
2018-05-05 4:06 ` [rain1@airmail.cc] " Alexandre Oliva
2018-05-05 7:40 ` Javiera Serrano Polo
2018-04-28 17:07 rain1
2018-04-28 17:58 ` Zack Weinberg
2018-04-29 15:02 ` Ondřej Bílka
2018-04-29 15:47 ` Zack Weinberg
2018-04-29 17:11 ` Paul Eggert
2018-04-30 12:41 ` Carlos O'Donell
2018-04-30 14:45 ` Zack Weinberg
2018-04-29 15:47 ` Florian Weimer
2018-04-29 15:49 ` Zack Weinberg
2018-04-29 16:12 ` Florian Weimer
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