[rain1 at airmail dot cc] Delete abortion joke

Paul Eggert eggert@cs.ucla.edu
Wed May 9 08:05:00 GMT 2018


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 inappropriate 
and non-funny the joke is for a significant part of our audience. Whether a few 
people like it is unimportant compared to the overall damage it does to our 
cause. The joke really, really should go, and I hope RMS takes time to read and 
consider your full comment carefully.



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