Re:Linus Torvalds on aliasing
by alexkrycek on Friday June 08, 2018 @06:43AM
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The point is that swearing is not equal to honesty. It's just additional emotional metadata.
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Re:Linus Torvalds on aliasing
by alexkrycek on Friday June 08, 2018 @07:09AM
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When did we start equating swearing with honesty? It would be strange to hear a prosecutor tell a witness, "You're not swearing - I need you to stop lying".
If anything, swearing clouds what you really mean. "Is he saying 'fuck' because he thinks the policy was unfairly applied, or because it was misunderstood? I don't know bro, but at least he's being honest".
In the military with all the hierarchy this wouldn't happen because no small private would be arrogant enough to throw their opinion in the top generals and president face without being asked.
The whole point of the rudeness is that it does give space for people to voice their opinion irregardless of their rank. Only at the risk of being somewhat insulted.