From: Po Lu via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
Cc: rms@gnu.org, 61325@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 09:34:28 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875yc2s89n.fsf@yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <873577570z.fsf@localhost> (Ihor Radchenko's message of "Wed, 15 Feb 2023 14:37:32 +0000")
Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net> writes:
> I can see the point, but does it apply to well-known sensitive topics,
> like sex, races, politics, etc? If such a topic must be mentioned as a
> part of technical description, I see no problem with mentioning such
> topics out of necessity. However, jokes in the manual are supposed to
> either raise positive feelings or at least be neutral. If we know in
> advance that a significant number of people will be annoyed by certain
> kinds of jokes, are such jokes worth it?
Where are the jokes about politics or race in Emacs documentation?
Anyway, people who find such jokes offensive, instead of taking them in
good humor, are not a ``significant number of people''. They are just
very loud.
We never did agree to follow their rules.
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2023-02-06 16:01 bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-06 16:20 ` dick
2023-02-12 6:11 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-06 16:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-06 16:38 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-06 16:42 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-06 16:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-06 17:04 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-18 13:59 ` Petteri Hintsanen
2023-02-19 10:43 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-20 5:18 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-06 17:23 ` Pankaj Jangid
2023-02-06 17:49 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-06 18:37 ` Pankaj Jangid
2023-02-06 18:45 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-07 2:04 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-07 11:24 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-07 12:36 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-07 13:01 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-07 14:03 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-07 14:43 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-07 15:10 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-07 16:15 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-08 1:28 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-08 11:40 ` Ihor Radchenko
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2023-02-08 12:50 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-15 14:55 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-16 1:29 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-17 12:25 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-18 4:19 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-18 11:14 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-20 5:19 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-22 13:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-25 4:09 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-08 12:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-12 6:38 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-09 4:28 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-07 19:45 ` Pankaj Jangid
2023-02-07 19:56 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-09 4:28 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-07 14:15 ` dick
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2023-02-07 15:17 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-08 8:11 ` Michael Albinus
2023-02-08 12:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-02-08 12:59 ` Michael Albinus
2023-02-07 15:41 ` Akib Azmain Turja via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-09 4:28 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-09 16:44 ` Akib Azmain Turja via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-12 4:03 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-08 4:31 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-08 4:46 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-12 6:46 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-15 14:47 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-16 1:27 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-17 12:38 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-17 5:22 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-19 4:50 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-19 5:04 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-22 4:33 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-22 6:02 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-26 2:59 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-08 13:06 ` dick
2023-02-08 15:35 ` Akib Azmain Turja via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-08 16:06 ` dick
2023-02-15 14:37 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-16 1:34 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors [this message]
2023-02-17 12:49 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-19 4:50 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-19 10:36 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-19 11:01 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
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2023-02-20 11:50 ` Ihor Radchenko
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2023-02-19 12:24 ` Stefan Kangas
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2023-02-22 4:34 ` Richard Stallman
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2023-03-07 13:48 ` Ihor Radchenko
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2023-03-10 7:03 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-03-09 4:28 ` Richard Stallman
2023-03-08 5:34 ` Jean Louis
2023-03-08 14:13 ` Ihor Radchenko
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2023-03-10 11:33 ` Ihor Radchenko
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2023-03-10 12:41 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-03-13 15:01 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-19 15:56 ` Drew Adams
2023-02-20 12:00 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-20 12:37 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2023-02-20 14:28 ` Michael Albinus
2023-02-20 14:34 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-20 17:01 ` Drew Adams
2023-02-20 11:55 ` Ihor Radchenko
2023-02-27 3:26 ` Richard Stallman
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2023-02-08 13:42 ` Visuwesh
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2023-02-12 6:32 ` Jean Louis
2023-02-14 4:51 ` Richard Stallman
2023-02-14 11:17 ` Jean Louis
2023-03-09 4:05 ` Sam James
2023-03-09 14:10 ` Dmitry Gutov
2023-03-09 14:17 ` Robert Pluim
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