From: Joe Wiltrout <wiltroutja@...>
Date: 2007-07-13T11:17:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Religion (was: god 0.1.0 released)

Trans wrote:
> 
> On the topic, I don't see it as a religious thing in-itself, merely a
> matter of general sensibilities. For instance, I would likewise anyone
> not to name a project a curse word or racial slur, despite how well
> they might correspond to the projects functionality. Sure, "God" is
> not a "bad" word, but it's just as emotionally heavy. In the end, you
> could use any such name, if you really wanted, but you'd probably be
> doing yourself a disservice b/c some people simply won't approach your
> project b/c of it.
> 
> T.

If someone named a program "God", and people don't like people 
complaining about the use of the word, what if someone named a program 
the word Satan? Im sure the first set of people would not like that, and 
the first people would become the second, and vice-versa.


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