On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:20:22 +0100, Eugen Leitl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So much easier to just ban abusing list members, after suitable warning. One could ask for no clearer demonstration of the animus that fuels the fervor of the so-called "Open" and "Free" (source, software, whatever) crowd than the simple statement cited above. Let us have revolution by all means, let us FREE all the peoples of the earth, let us OPEN up computing to all those peoples, and if there is the occasional awkward moment, when the tranquillity of our perfect solution is intruded upon by those who insist on talking about their irksome concerns, then, yes, it is SO MUCH EASIER TO JUST BAN ABUSING LIST MEMBERS. When freedom and tolerance seem to fail, repression always is an answer. Sound familiar? Be afraid, children, be very afraid. -- No no no, my fish's name is Eric, Eric the fish. He's an halibut. I am not a looney! Why should I be tarred with the epithet looney merely because I have a pet halibut? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
