Re: Profanity in the Linux Kernel?!?!?

Dave Cinege (dcinege@psychosis.com)
Wed, 09 Jun 1999 03:31:37 -0400

FYI this extact thread took place several months ago.

Linus Torvalds wrote:

> But I feel that trying to be too politically correct is a much worse
> disease than =any= amount of profanity, and I'm personally much happier
> seeing the output of a grep like the above than I would be trying to
> clean it up in the name of PC.

So am I.

When is the last time you ever heard a politician 'swear'?
Not a piss, shit, cock, cunt, or pussy, out of a one of them,
and yet they still manage to FUCK people everyday.

RULE OF GOD: Never trust someone that never curses.
(FWIW I am very trust worthy. : >)

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