On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 08:31, Cris Rhea wrote: > > From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Don't assume that the social standards that apply to your workplace can be > > applied globally to other workplaces, or locales. you have to do what's > > right for you, and you have source, so you can do something about it. > > > > > > If what you want is a glsanke without the penis you can always comment it > > out and recompile... > > > > there are 287 built-in models in glsnake just off hand off hand I'd say > > slightly less than a 1/3 are long and pointy. > > Of the postings on this topic, this was the most useful (actually giving the > "offending" screensaver). > > The original author's question wasn't about freedom of speech, the merits > of political correctness, or changing jobs-- it was about identifying > packages distributed in FC2 that contain "offensive material". > > You folks are missing the boat! While it is true that standards for > "offensive material" are not universal, I think most folks understand what > is appropriate and what is not in the workplace for most US-based companies. > > If you (meaning the entire community) want to make Linux a serious option > for corporate computing, you need to take these sorts of questions seriously > and not blow them off as "overly prudish". Large corporations take > sexual harassment claims very seriously and having screen-savers with a > penis floating around doesn't do the "ready for corporate computing" image > of Linux any good. > > My $0.02... > > > > -- > Cristopher J. Rhea Mayo Foundation > Research Computing Facility Pavilion 2-25 > crhea@xxxxxxxx Rochester, MN 55905 > (507) 284-0587 Fax: (507) 284-5231 >
