[Tfug] Another CC* weighs in....

[Will Stott]

Toka toka jihad!

Derka derka toka derka derka.

This thread went from a joke to a request to a religous war with a  
side of stupid. I thought this was a technical bunch of geeks who  
might want to learn about this stupid thing we call unix ( with a  
little bit of that crap linus came up with).

I get to pick my unix flavor of choice, or any variant even close  
( include the commercial versions ) and nobody should care because  
most everyone understands that it is "close enough" if it has some  
type of *nix kernel running the show behind it.

So, asking if the word 'hell' can be left out of the subject line is  
not too much to ask for the group regardless ofthe reasoning (even if  
the reasoning is some stupid religous or parenting issue).

So, I use an iPhone, have a mac os x only home environment, and run  
freebsd in a vm. So what? I can't respect someone elses request to  
keep pg+ rated words out  of the subject lines? I don't get the  
problem or reasoning. Don't you people meet each week and discuss this  
kind of stuff???

...and begin the flaming now....

Will >=]

Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 15, 2010, at 5:16 PM, Malcolm Schmerl <mjs355 at comcast.net> wrote:

> First of all, note that the word 'hell' was never capitalized and  
> never used in a religious context.
>
> Secondly, children are not stupid. Hiding things from them only  
> serves to stimulate their curiosity. Eventually they will seek to  
> satisfy that curiosity and do so without parental guidance. Good  
> parenting involves guiding children into life, not censoring it for  
> them.
>
> Christian Conservatism is, in my view, extremism. It is also a  
> minority view that actively seeks to impose its standards on the  
> rest of us. I used to quietly accept this, but as I age, I've  
> realized that somebody needs to speak out against this tyranny of  
> the minority. Is it not stated in the Constitution that we have a  
> right to freedom of religion? As I see it, that also means 'freedom  
> from religion.'
> This sort of thinking is responsible for many of the world's ills  
> from Nazi Germany to present day Iran to the Taliban. In all cases,  
> a self-righteous minority, insisting that their way is the only way,  
> imposes its will on the entire population. I was born Jewish and  
> throughout my life I've had to let a lot of thoughtless comments go,  
> but at no time did I ever demand that anyone tiptoe around me. If  
> you object to the word 'hell' so vehemently, then who knows what  
> you'd object to? Don't ask me to tiptoe around you; either suck it  
> up or avoid me. I will respect anyone's right to believe what ever  
> they want just as long as they allow me to live by my own standards.
>
> Are there not much more important transgressions to be thinking  
> about? For example, the rape of the Gulf of Mexico by oil drillers  
> is an immorality of far greater importance. Are you hiding this from  
> your children, too? Are you concerned about what kind of world  
> they'll inherit?
>
> On 06/15/2010 09:44 AM, Paul Steinbach wrote:
>> At the risk of getting flamed (ironic in a discussion of hell)...
>>
>> Personally I am bothered by the use of the word hell treated so  
>> casually because it excludes me as a Christian conservative.  The  
>> word hell to me is not funny.  The word damn is not funny to me.   
>> Unnecessary use of these are more serious and more offensive to me  
>> than the f-bomb.  Treating these words casually trivializes my  
>> beliefs in this forum in the same way that a church elder telling  
>> me I can't be a good Christian because I am not friendly enough  
>> trivializes my faith at church.  It emphasizes differences.
>>
>> I am a geek.  I have much in common with the posters here - often   
>> more than the people at church.  Some of you know me from WorldCare  
>> or SimplyBits.  I am have friends across the philosophical  
>> spectrum.  I enjoy the posts even if I lurk more than I post.  I  
>> just ask that you remember us minority members when you post the  
>> header.  Some of us have beliefs that are a subgenus of geek.  And  
>> we promise not to post the joke about the busload of atheists going  
>> over a cliff...
>>
>
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