Subject: RE: misc/33495: Offensive quote in netbsd fortune package
To: None <misc-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Daniel Weiss <dweiss@alcor.concordia.ca>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/16/2006 21:10:02
The following reply was made to PR misc/33495; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: "Daniel Weiss" <dweiss@alcor.concordia.ca>
To: <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org>
Cc:
Subject: RE: misc/33495: Offensive quote in netbsd fortune package
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 15:01:36 -0400
Hi thanks for getting back to me so quickly. The particular quote that I
found offensive had something to do with women being dumb or stupid and was
very obviously discriminatory to women. Also, the fact that Adolph Hitler
was chosen as the man to quote... There are so many great people to quote in
the world. Adolph Hitler happens to have killed close to 18 million people
all within the last century. I think many of the worlds workers would find
it very unpleasant to log onto their workstation and have good morning come
from Hitler. Especially people that have suffered the loss of a family
member in the holocaust, this is extremely upsetting. I hope this helps
clarify the situation.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Christos Zoulas [mailto:christos@zoulas.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 2:35 PM
To: misc-bug-people@NetBSD.org; gnats-admin@NetBSD.org;
netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.org; dweiss@alcor.concordia.ca
Subject: Re: misc/33495: Offensive quote in netbsd fortune package
The following reply was made to PR misc/33495; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: christos@zoulas.com (Christos Zoulas)
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org, misc-bug-people@netbsd.org,
gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc:
Subject: Re: misc/33495: Offensive quote in netbsd fortune package
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 14:32:49 -0400
On May 16, 3:10pm, dweiss@alcor.concordia.ca (dweiss@alcor.concordia.ca)
wrote:
-- Subject: misc/33495: Offensive quote in netbsd fortune package
| >Number: 33495
| >Category: misc
| >Synopsis: Offensive quote in netbsd fortune package
| >Confidential: no
| >Severity: serious
| >Priority: medium
| >Responsible: misc-bug-people
| >State: open
| >Class: change-request
| >Submitter-Id: net
| >Arrival-Date: Tue May 16 15:10:00 +0000 2006
| >Originator: Daniel Weiss
| >Release: 1.2
| >Organization:
| Concordia University IITS
| >Environment:
| n/a
| >Description:
| Hi there, I'm a network technician at Concordia University. We use your
netbsd fortune package with one of our net monitoring programs. There's a
database of quotes that pops up at the start of every session which is quite
enjoyable. However, one of the these quotes is by Adolph Hitler and is quite
offensive to women and certain ethnicities. I hope that you have facility to
remove this harmful quotation and replace it with something that is more
appropriate for public use.
| Thank you for your time and attention,
The fortune database has the following 5 quotes from Adolph Hitler:
Everlasting peace will come to the world when the last man has slain
the last but one.
-- Adolph Hitler
I shall give a propagandist reason for starting the war, no matter
whether
it is plausible or not. The victor will not be asked afterwards
whether
he told the truth or not. When starting and waging war it is not
right
that matters, but victory.
-- Adolph Hitler
Success is the sole earthly judge of right and wrong.
-- Adolph Hitler, "Mein Kampf"
The very first essential for success is a perpetually
constant and regular employment of violence.
-- Adolph Hitler, "Mein Kampf"
What luck for the rulers that men do not think.
-- Adolph Hitler
Which one(s) do you find offending.
christos