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bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual |
Date: |
Mon, 06 Feb 2023 18:51:23 +0200 |
> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
> Cc: 61325@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 16:38:44 +0000
>
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> >> I object jokes that make people feel uncomfortable.
> >
> > It's a losing battle, but: every joke makes someone uncomfortable.
> > The only way of making no one uncomfortable is to never joke, and what
> > a sad world would that be! (Come to think about, the only way to
> > never make someone uncomfortable is to say nothing at all.)
>
> You are overgeneralizing.
> Some jokes make larger fraction of people uncomfortable than others.
> There should be a borderline.
>
> Of course, drawing a line is tricky. However, the topics like sex and
> bullying are considered uncomfortable by whole cultures, not just
> individuals. I judge such jokes as over the border.
>
> For comparison, AFAIU, joking around skin colour and race is considered
> more insulting than joking around sex. In other cultures, the situation
> is opposite. Would you accept joking around human races on Emacs
> manuals?
Who is overgeneralizing now?
Are there such jokes in our manuals?
bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual, dick, 2023/02/06