On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Timothy Payne wrote: > This is not funny at all. My wife damn near got fired because she > referred to her good friend at work as "My little Latin Lucy" as in > Lucile Ball. Someone went to management and let them know they had a > bigot and a racist at the firm. This went in her file, and the firm was > ready to send most of the staff to training at a cost of God knows how > much. But her friend from Chile, > went to management and told them "You people in this country are > STUPID! Did anyone ever ask me if there was a problem?" This all > started by someone walking past a desk and felt it was their duty to > save this woman and the firm singlehandedly. Red Hat needs to remember > it's products will be used in a corporate world that freaks out at the > drop of a hat, even a red one. The computer you use at work is not > yours it belongs to the company that paid for it, along with your email > running on their network. Then disable the screen savers. People are going to find an excuse to be offended no matter what you do. Removing something because some immature person might have a problem is asinine. > > > On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 20:30, rodrigo micheletto wrote: > > God bless fc2!!! > > hahaha!!! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Vic Ricker" <vic@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 7:15 PM > > Subject: Inappropriate content in Fedora Core 2 > > > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > A coworker and I were working together on something when my screen saver > > > came on. It was the Rubik's Snake puzzle. He noticed it, and we began > > > to reminisce about having those toys as children. To our shock, one of > > > the shapes that the snake morphed itself into was an "erect penis"! > > > > > > I'm working with Fedora in a business environment and I don't think this > > > is really appropriate. It might be fun for the > > > still-wet-behind-the-ears college kids but, unfortunately, political > > > correctness is running rampant in the corporate world. Some people are > > > just looking for reasons to be offended so they can sue. > > > > > > Are there any other surprises hidden in Fedora? > > > > > > -Vic > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.734 / Virus Database: 488 - Release Date: 5/8/2004 > > > > >
