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Give me a fucking break, neutering language because somebody somewhere might hypothetically be emotionally damaged by reading it is something that we can save f
by Crito 13y ago
Give me a fucking break, neutering language because somebody somewhere might hypothetically be emotionally damaged by reading it is something that we can save for marketers writing bone-dry press releases. If you don't like that word, then you don't have to say it. Pestering other people for saying it is a joke.
Why don't you go submit pull requests to every single fucking project using the WTFPL license while you are at it?
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- Crito 13y agoWhat does it mean to say that you were "offended" by it? What sort of emotion did it elicit? It's a word that you don't say, I get that, but how do you make the jump from "I must not say this word" to "I am disturbed in some way when I encounter somebody else who does not share my religious taboo"? I don't think you actually make that jump, if you reflect on what you actually think and feel about this.
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- Crito 13y agoIf you don't like it, then don't say it. If the existence of people who do not share your religious beliefs honestly disturbs you, then you have some serious problems. Frankly, I don't believe you. If being made aware of people who do not share your religious convictions, both in style and magnitude, really effected you in a negative way, then you would be in a non-functioning emotional tizzy 24/7 unless you were living isolated away on a compound or something. No, there is no genuine emotional damage here, nothing but a purely academic notion of "offense". Just another opportunity for cultural imperialism. Yet another failure to recognize that religious rules should not be imposed on others, and are only acceptable in modern society when applied to yourself.
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- tdees40 13y agoAnd somehow we've gone from a minor request for the removal of vulgarity to "cultural imperialism". Sheesh.
- Crito 13y agoHe is asking that others abide by the rules and regulations of his religion. What do you think that I should call it?
- tdees40 13y agoDude, it's marketing. If you want to promote your language, don't make it offend people. It doesn't matter if the offense holds up to your personal views on what should and shouldn't be offensive.
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- Crito 13y ago> "I don't say things that I know are offensive to you." I ask for nothing of the sort. You may behave how you wish, but don't expect others to mime you in return as a favour to you. Your religious rules are your religious rules. They are accepted "common decency". We certainly do not have them in common.
- wwweston 13y agoPeople can complain about anything they want, just like you are, and his comment about a preferred norm doesn't constitute pestering any more than yours does.
- frou_dh 13y agoIt's not the same at all. Someone initiating an offtopic kerfuffle in a public forum is inviting responses. Hopefully the author's deletion spree was lightbulb and not just karma preservation.
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- frou_dh 13y agoIt is an easy concept to grasp. The way you presented it was insufferable, and I'm fairly certain you did have a comment moaning about downvotes.
- tomp 13y agoWhat was the original (now deleted) comment about?
- upwardbound 13y agoIt seems like someone is offended by the use of the word ___damn in the readme (censoring myself here so I don't offend them, I guess). https://github.com/hylang/hy/pull/499 https://github.com/hylang/hy/pull/499