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Re: Inappropriate content in Fedora Core 2



On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 13:16 -0700, Kenneth Porter wrote:

> The fundamental problem is that the standards are NOT universal, but 
> whatever the jury of the day says. The system was deliberately created with 
> subjective and arbitrary standards because those drafting the law had no 
> success pushing through previous attempts with more concrete and objective 
> definitions. Yet another case of paving with good intentions.
> 
> Because of this, corporations have to assume the most aggressive, hostile, 
> irrational jury will try their case, and will err on the side of extreme 
> caution, outlawing anything that might remotely offend anyone.
> 
> The result is a drab, grey, lifeless, joyless society.
> 

Good points, but realistically, will you be wearing a tshirt that says
"erect penis" on it to work any time soon?

-- 
Aaron Gaudio <prothonotar tarnation dyndns org>



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