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Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke
On 05/01/2018 08:30 PM, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> To the best of our knowledge, terminating a program by calling this
> function is not against the law in any jurisdiction, but there are
> some jurisdictions considering laws to censor information about such
> procedures. Regardless of your opinion on the procedures, we hope you
> will support our opposition to censorship.
This is now satire, an even more difficult culturally relative form of
literature. I would not recommend this either.
Why don't we find a solid common ground in wording that relates to
censorship and abortion.
Note that the cartouche only affects PDF and print manuals.
diff --git a/manual/startup.texi b/manual/startup.texi
index 21c48cd037..589ee631c8 100644
--- a/manual/startup.texi
+++ b/manual/startup.texi
@@ -787,6 +787,8 @@ if (rc == -1)
@cindex program termination
@cindex process termination
+@strong{Trigger warning: Talk of abortion.}
+
@cindex exit status value
The usual way for a program to terminate is simply for its @code{main}
function to return. The @dfn{exit status value} returned from the
@@ -1005,6 +1007,14 @@ This function actually terminates the process by raising a
intercept this signal; see @ref{Signal Handling}.
@end deftypefun
+@cartouche
+The authors of this manual would like to take the opportunity to
+ask you to oppose @strong{censorship} of human abortion related
+information. Regardless of your opinion on the topic of human
+abortion, we hope you will support our opposition to censorship
+in all forms.
+@end cartouche
+
@node Termination Internals
@subsection Termination Internals
---
There is a trigger warning.
The text is unequivocal and clear about our position on censorship.
--
Cheers,
Carlos.