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In article <10633@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> gjn@cs.uq.oz.au writes:
>I personally don't view such pictures for various reasons, and can see why
>others would be offended by the act.

I cannot see how others can be offended by *my* viewing of anything.  If *they*
view it, *they* might be offended, which is their privilege.

>All I need to do is tell someone that such and such a gif is a not a good one
>to be stored, because if it offends someone, they would complain, and the
>management would ask for all gifs to be removed (they don't view them - and
>we are always pushed for disk space).

So, if I understand you, the mere presence of a GIF of nude people is de facto
offensive, on the systems you administer?

>As for people having gifs in their home directories, when the disk get full
>I go "find(1)ing" for anything that resembles core files, databases and gifs
>(among other things). If I find gifs I tell them to put them in the system
>area (subject to my opinion of whether they may be offensive) or offline them.

This seems more reasonable - removal of large files based solely on utility
and size.  I do question the (legalistic) wisdom of using your opinion as
the criterion of offensiveness - someone else might be very bluenosed and
take offense at a Sports Illustrated GIF.

Also, if there is NOT a disk space shortage, do users get to keep any GIFs
they desire in their local directories?

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