GNU bug report logs - #32578
Remove "joke" from drag events documentation

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Message #45 received at 32578 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chris Shea <cmshea <at> gmail.com>
To: rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: m43cap <at> yandex.com, Marcin Borkowski <mbork <at> mbork.pl>, 32578 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#32578: Remove "joke" from drag events documentation
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 23:49:45 -0400

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On Sat, Sep 1, 2018, 11:14 PM Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org> wrote:

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> It is pertinent that the "drag events" joke does not speak negatively
> about any group of people.  Rationally speaking, it is not offensive
> to anyone.
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Oh boy. I never said anything about the joke being offensive.

But I blame myself for not foreseeing this reaction, since this is the
unwelcome I was talking about. This joke's presence in the official
documentation communicates (accurately, as this whole exchange has
demonstrated) that Emacs is created by people who think that a reference to
drag is politically incorrect (and somehow rightfully so) and risqué (else
why bring up Victorian prudishness). And that suggests a certain kind of
attitude that not everyone has the patience to deal with.

I can see that the line is doing what it intends, so I accept the wontfix.

With the bond that unites all living things,

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