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30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual

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Message #17 received at 61325 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 61325 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 18:51:23 +0200

> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
> Cc: 61325 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 16:38:44 +0000
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
> >> I object jokes that make people feel uncomfortable.
> >
> > It's a losing battle, but: every joke makes someone uncomfortable.
> > The only way of making no one uncomfortable is to never joke, and what
> > a sad world would that be!  (Come to think about, the only way to
> > never make someone uncomfortable is to say nothing at all.)
> 
> You are overgeneralizing.
> Some jokes make larger fraction of people uncomfortable than others.
> There should be a borderline.
> 
> Of course, drawing a line is tricky. However, the topics like sex and
> bullying are considered uncomfortable by whole cultures, not just
> individuals. I judge such jokes as over the border.
> 
> For comparison, AFAIU, joking around skin colour and race is considered
> more insulting than joking around sex. In other cultures, the situation
> is opposite. Would you accept joking around human races on Emacs
> manuals?

Who is overgeneralizing now?

Are there such jokes in our manuals?

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