Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (1264 mails)

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On Friday 09 of September 2011 11:59:40 Sascha Peilicke wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> sr#81625 want's to add 'sword', a bible study tool to
> openSUSE:Factory. While that is totally fine, the spec file
> %description contains stuff like:
>
> +The SWORD Project is an effort to create an ever expanding software
> package for
> +research and study of God and His Word.
>
> While I don't care much for that particular bedtime story, others may
> well be offended by biased religious views (even more so if their's
> differing). Of course, this may equally apply to policitcal views or
> offensive words.
>
> I have the feeling that openSUSE should take neutral stance, be
> inviting and open for everyone (and we're quite good at that
> already). But I'm not sure if we should provide a stage for
> non-technical biased views. Even less so for those with a mission.
> Thus, the question I'd like to ask is whether we should allow such
> formulations or not. Do we already have policy for that or do we care
> at all?

Did you just call the Bible a "bedtime story", which offends millions of 
Christians, including me, while at the same time proposing to maintain 
openSUSE as a religiously neutral, technical community?

It would have been wiser for one to adhere to their own suggestion first, 
then try to educate the rest. I've seen numerous people keep pushing 
their own religion in openSUSE mailing lists and mocking the religions 
of others, including in this thread, and rarely seen the arbiters of 
neutrality intervene. I wonder, why is it so?

Kind regards,
Peter
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