[MPlayer-users] NOVIRUS To be flame or not to be...

[CrimeDog]

W liście z wto, 23-12-2003, godz. 03:13, Adam Nielsen pisze: 
> [Automatic answer: RTFM (read DOCS, FAQ), also read DOCS/bugreports.html]
> > If someone will say that Debian is poor becouse (...) without "sucking",
> > "fucking" etc I wont be angry
> 
> Now *that* is offensive ;-)  Many people find "f**k" offensive, but that word 
> is completely unrelated to "suck."

hehe, my mistake ;-))

> > Maybe i misunderstand word "suck", I still think, that it is offensive.
> 
> I think that must be the problem, because saying something sucks is certainly 
> not meant to be offensive - the word is actually used quite commonly, and if 
> it was offensive at one stage it certainly isn't any more.  It's just a 
> generic term for saying something is bad, doesn't work, is annoying, etc.  
> Instead of saying what's specifically wrong with it, you can say it sucks, 
> meaning everything's wrong with it ;-)
> 
> For example, instead of saying "This movie is boring, it has a poor storyline 
> and the characters aren't very well developed" most people find it easier 
> just to say "This movie sucks!"  It's not meant to be rude or offensive 
> (unlike f**k) and nobody would be offended if you said it (except perhaps for 
> the people who made the movie!)
Thanks for explanation.


> > And another think is that I poorly speak English (in my opinion), so I
> > can't say, what I think.
> 
> Well I think I understand you now, that you were offended by the usage of that 
> word.  But I can assure you, it wasn't meant to offend anyone, it was merely 
> used to voice annoyance at Debian (switching distros is a lot of work, so you 
> can imagine how annoyed they'd be if there was no other way around their 
> problem.)  Perhaps you did misunderstand the meaning of "suck", but it is a 
> harmless word so next time you see it, please don't be offended by it ;-)

hehe, OK! ;-)


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