Hi All, I've hardly ever posted on the boost mailing list but have been a follower for quite some time. This is getting out of proportion, and that David would feel offended or fear that certain people would end up offended by an email address containing the word 'satan' is, honestly, pushing it a bit. Satan must be one of the most incarnated figures of religious belief in modern media and is a bit different than if he posted to this mailing list with an email address containing reference to paedophilia for example. Pavel did not promote satanism nor did he mention it in his post, as opposed to certain people who's signature openly display their religious views - which doesn't really have its place in a C++ development mailing list IMHO. That never seemed to be a problem in the past, so why the big fuss over an email address that he probably set-up as a teenager lacking inspiration for a good nickname ? O. On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:01 PM, Domagoj Saric < domagoj.saric@littleendian.com> wrote:
"Robert Kawulak" <robert.kawulak@gmail.com> wrote in message
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[...] after all, is just another variation [...] [...] So let's just be fair and consistent and equally tolerate all [...] or tolerate none.
In order to facilitate peaceful, constructive and on-topic discussion in any non-political/philosophical/religious discussion group a certain 'common-law'-like ethos or a common/'axiomatic' set of 'civilized values' has to be accepted and respected by everyone.
"Absolute tolerance" is just another self-contradicting post-modern idea for it would, of course, have to tolerate intolerance.
In a multi-billion population you will find very many people (including university professors) that will argue for or have nothing against e.g. paedophilia, zoophilia, eugenics, euthanasia etc... And, until we "evolve" enough to accept these "behavioural patterns" as "generally acceptable", they should not be 'rubbed in' as "acceptable" in non-political/philosophical/religious discussion groups...the same goes for Satanism...
-- "What Huxley teaches is that in the age of advanced technology, spiritual devastation is more likely to come from an enemy with a smiling face than from one whose countenance exudes suspicion and hate." Neil Postman
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