From Slashdot: http://linux.slashdot.org/story/13/...linus-torvalds-to-stop-using-abusive-language From the ML: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=137392506516022&w=2 "So as far as I'm concerned, the discussion is about "how to work together DESPITE people being different". Not about trying to make everybody please each other. Because I can pretty much guarantee that I'll continue cursing. To me, the discussion would be about how to work together despite these kinds of cultural differences, not about "how do we make everybody nice and sing songs around the campfire"