Re: Remove fortune quotes attributed to or providing admiration of Adolf Hitler [pr bin/52735]

["William D. Jones" <thor0505%comcast.net@localhost>]

> Seriously, if you don't know who Hitler was and why quotes from him should 
> be seen
in a certain perspective, you should take a lesson on modern world
history and not run around being offended.

It's not about being offended, it's about normalizing/trivializing his 
impact. Evidence: Clearly, little thought was put into whether
these quotes belong in a silly Unix program, rather than history textbooks 
or museums which are equipped to temper the
intended impact of the Nazi party.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Joerg Sonnenberger
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2017 12:23 PM
To: current-users%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: Remove fortune quotes attributed to or providing admiration of 
Adolf Hitler [pr bin/52735]

On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 01:21:25PM +0100, Rhialto wrote:
> I checked our fortune cookies database, and I was appalled to notice
> that we do have the same quotes there. Apart from those quotes being
> wholly inappropriate in a list of funny quotes, they are probably
> illegal in Germany (where I now happen to live).

I don't get why someone would be appalled by many of them. There is
certainly nothing illegal about them, even here in Germany. Seriously,
if you don't know who Hitler was and why quotes from him should be seen
in a certain perspective, you should take a lesson on modern world
history and not run around being offended.

> I hereby propose to remove them (but not remove all fortunes).

I find myself strongly objecting to that.

Joerg

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