in reply to Re^3: where to edit man pages for perl?
in thread where to edit man pages for perl?

Closer to 1, but s/most/some/. I believe (nay, have observed) that ∃ a quorum of anti-PC police within programmer circles. reddit's SRS was created for this reason.

Some initial comments (yours included) seemed to be challenging me on the "potential to offend" language before knowing the specifics. I took that as a preview of the response I could expect if I went into detail.

Anyway ... I doubt this back-and-forth is of interest to any perl programmers.

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Re^5: where to edit man pages for perl?
by Jenda (Abbot) on Aug 01, 2012 at 15:23 UTC

    If you assumed you'd get responses questioning the potential to offend of said text yourself, you do not really believe it's truly offending. Seems to me you found something that could, by a properly schooled censor, be seen as potentially offending to the thinnest skinned individuals of a specific minority and as such should be reworded to a silly sounding, next to incomprehensible newspeak.

    Jenda
    Enoch was right!
    Enjoy the last years of Rome.

      Jenda, look at the timing of the posts.