Re: Inappropriate changes to front page text [Was: Re:

From: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Emily Boyd <emily(at)tinysofa(dot)org>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)www(dot)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Inappropriate changes to front page text [Was: Re:
Date: 2004-12-22 05:19:46
Message-ID: 200412220019.46876.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net
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On Tuesday 21 December 2004 23:35, Tom Lane wrote:
> Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> >> I agree with Emily on this. There's no need to risk offending people of
> >> non-Christian faiths.
> >
> > As a thought, this is a thread about the "risk" of offending "anyone".
> >
> > How do we *offend* someone by wishing them well?
>
> As a practicing atheist, I am not offended. But if you do not realize
> that a fair part of the world will be offended, then you need to wake up
> and smell the flowers. Or at least read the daily news occasionally.
>
> Yes, I'm painfully aware that several major members of our community
> attach in-your-face-Christian signatures to everything they send out.
> I've never wanted to challenge them on this, but if it were my druthers
> that would not be done around here. I think it is more likely to drive
> away potential community members than attract new ones.
>

I find the free speech implications of the above stupifying for an open source
project.

--
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL

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