Looking forward to 2007

Posted Jan 4, 2007 18:04 UTC (Thu) by RobSeace (subscriber, #4435) [Link]

Or, you could just lighten up and get a sense of humor... Which, you might
find, will be a lot easier task to accomplish than getting everyone else in
the world who says anything you perceive as offensive or annoying or
insulting to stop doing so... Nevermind the fact that there IS a right to
freedom of speech, but there ISN'T a right to not be insulted/offended...
But, even if one were to concede to people like yourself who think they
have the right to tell others what they can and can not say to them (at
least you did say "please", rather than make it a demand as some do), it's
simply impractical and silly, and you're doomed to failure if you persist
in such an approach to the problem... Surely, you can see that? But, you
know, that's only even really relevent in the case of REAL insulting and
offensive remarks, which are indisputably and clearly intended to cause
offense... This remark doesn't even come close to living in that realm...
It's a joke... Humor, you know... Perhaps you've heard of it?

Posted Jan 4, 2007 18:35 UTC (Thu) by amikins (subscriber, #451) [Link]

Your irrationality posing as a "comment" is insulting. Please retract it.
(Yes, I know I shouldn't take the bait, but it was irresistable)

Posted Jan 4, 2007 18:37 UTC (Thu) by bronson (subscriber, #4806) [Link]

It's actually really funny. Ah, that dry Corbet humor.

We've participated in a lot of firmware flamage have we, yoe? :)

Posted Jan 4, 2007 18:59 UTC (Thu) by yoe (subscriber, #25743) [Link]

It's been pointed out to me that this wasn't actually a news item; rather, it was a prediction. In that light, I was mistaken.

I originally read this as a sarcastic remark, somewhat like "hey, they never get there anyway, so why do they bother at all?" which, to this Debian Developer, would be insulting. As it is a prediction, however, the context is different, and thus shouldn't be seen as sarcastic.

I'll go fix my bugs now.