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Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke

From: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
To: Rey Tucker <rey at reytucker dot us>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, Richard Stallman <rms at gnu dot org>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2018 01:05:25 -0700
Subject: Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke
References: <7A86245D-6A11-471F-904D-D6B2A577DFFE@reytucker.us>

Rey Tucker wrote:

You want to crack a joke about how abort() reminds you of abortion?  In the
official documentation for arguably the most popular implementation of
abort()?  No.  Just, no.  It’s a serious matter, literally life-or-death in
some circumstances, but it is always life-changing.

Thank you for your comments. They jibe with my impression of how inappropriateand non-funny the joke is for a significant part of our audience. Whether a fewpeople like it is unimportant compared to the overall damage it does to ourcause. The joke really, really should go, and I hope RMS takes time to read andconsider your full comment carefully.

References:
- Re: [rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke
  - From: Rey Tucker

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