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Who controls glibc?

Posted May 8, 2018 12:18 UTC (Tue) by Karellen (subscriber, #67644)
In reply to: Who controls glibc? by k8to
Parent article: Who controls glibc?

It comes off (to me) as implying that anti-abortion viewpoints are not valid,

Wait, isn't that backwards? The Global Gag Rule is the US Government's policy of censoring/stifling pro-abortion viewpoints, and this joke to me comes off as simply pointing out that pro-abortion viewpoints are valid topics for discussion/documentation.

How do read the joke as being in any way about anti-abortion viewpoints? I don't ever recall seeing any pro-choice campaign suggest that anti-abortion viewpoints should be censored or banned.

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Who controls glibc?

Posted May 8, 2018 14:28 UTC (Tue) by k8to (guest, #15413) [Link] (2 responses)

You are construing my comments about "unprofessional" as applying to the joke content. That's rather uncharitable as I clearly didn't mean that.

Who controls glibc?

Posted May 9, 2018 8:11 UTC (Wed) by Karellen (subscriber, #67644) [Link] (1 responses)

Huh?

Sorry, I wasn't trying to take issue with whether you thought the joke was unprofessional or not. I think it's an interesting point, and probably worth discussing.

I was just surprised with how you read the joke itself. Yeah, it's a tangent from your main point, so sorry about that, but I'm not taking you out of context when I quote:

Personally, I view the joke as pretty awkward. It comes off (to me) as implying that anti-abortion viewpoints are not valid,

am I? You do effectively say "The joke comes off as implying that anti-abortion viewpoints are not valid", don't you?

And I just didn't understand how you read that from the joke. So, I was a bit confused there. I'm also not entirely sure how I'm being uncharitable by asking how you got the meaning you did? I am genuinely curious about that.

Anyway, sorry if I came across as attacking you, or anything like that. That was totally not my intent. I just had a "wait, what?" moment and wanted to clear it up.

Peace

Who controls glibc?

Posted May 9, 2018 20:35 UTC (Wed) by k8to (guest, #15413) [Link]

I think I misread your response.

The implications of the joke as implying anti-abortion views are invalid are probably a bit Americentric.

It's *very* hard in US politics to imagine someone injecting their views in this hamfisted way in the wrong forum as believing anything except that the opposing views are fundamentally invalid. This is because these views are so often extremely strident and because one who was more interested in discussion of the topic would not intrude in such a way.

This is not to say that I personally believe RMS feels this way. I have no real idea. But I do think it's how it reads, which makes it pretty derailing.