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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by crgt on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:04AM (#9966317)
How about the "Idiot's Guide To WebM" or "WebM for Dummies". Are those OK? I guess I'm not seeing the difference..
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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by dingaling on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:49AM (#9966515)
Some ( many! ) years ago there was a popular how-to entitled something like 'Kerberos for Imbeciles' which I had to save to disk and edit to retitle before printing it in work.

It was a useful guide but several people were offended by the original title.

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by Retra on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:14AM (#9966376)
The difference is that fewer people would get offended by those.
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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by tehbeard on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @05:47AM (#9967425)
Do those fewer people have less right to not be offended than those who are offended by "retard"?
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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by nightmiles on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:15AM (#9966382)
Those are similarly problematic for the same reasons.
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