GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the word 'retard'

Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by JungleGymSam on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:19AM (#9966403)

That's willful ignorance of the real issue. This is not an isolated incident. Society is increasingly rejecting any and all "offensive" language and behavior.

Should we all be nice and respectful to each other? Yes, of course. Are people that way? No. Can we police ourselves fairly and achieve a society that is not offensive? Absolutely not.

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by ectoplasm on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @03:30AM (#9966862)

> Can we police ourselves fairly and achieve a society that is not offensive? Absolutely not.

Hacker News is a pretty nice place.

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by lordfoom on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @05:39AM (#9967396)

And yet one is allowed to use the word retard.

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by JoshTriplett on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @04:07AM (#9966982)

This thread, and almost any thread about social issues in technology, demonstrates that it has both nice and awful people hanging out on it.

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by ectoplasm on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @04:43AM (#9967147)

Perhaps, but what makes it a nice place is the limits on how awful people can be.

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