Bug 804

Summary:	reconsider insult from sudo insults.
Product:	Sudo	Reporter:	nimbius
Component:	Sudo	Assignee:	Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	ulrich.windl
Priority:	low
Version:	1.8.21
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux

Description nimbius 2017-09-17 08:06:49 MDT

Consider this a polite request to remove the insult, "No soap, honkie lips" from the cadre of insults thrown by sudo compiled with insults.

while many are playful in nature, this insult contains an ethnic slur and mainly a derogatory word for white people, predominantly heard in the United States.

potential replacements?
"I bet your brain feels as good as new, seeing that you never use it."
"I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain this to you."
"bright as a black hole, and twice as dense."

Comment 1 Todd C. Miller 2017-09-17 15:55:09 MDT

I've left that in sudo for the sake of history but it is probably time for it to go.  There is a compile time option, --with-pc-insults, that I'll make the default for the next release.

Comment 2 Todd C. Miller 2018-01-16 14:00:53 MST

In sudo 1.8.22 --with-pc-insults is the default.

Comment 3 Ulrich Windl 2020-05-27 01:10:45 MDT

While reading this: If "pc-insults" stands for "politically correct insults", it's a contradiction by itself: There are no politically correct insults.