On Fri, Dec 31, 2004 at 01:14:51PM -0500, Eric d'Alibut wrote: > 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. > > Hi Folks, this mailing list is a fount of information about neat things: driving down the interstate, trains of the UK, how close stonehenge is to a town, comparitive religions, etc. And every once and a while some kook starts bothering us about getting rid of some pesky computer problem. I can live with that! FLOSS is about people who use computers, not about being tech support on the cheap. cordially, Kev
PS. happy new year!
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