On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 08:03:58AM +0100, KatolaZ wrote: > On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 08:38:26PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > > On Mon, 16 May 2016 01:18:34 +0200 > > Florian Zieboll <f.zieb...@web.de> wrote: > > > On Sun, 15 May 2016 23:22:07 +0200 > > > Jaromil <jaro...@dyne.org> wrote: > > > > prevarication, violence, misery and corruption > > > > Let me say it succinctly: I think Rick probably meant something like > > "toughguys" or "mob" rather than anything criminal. > > That's probably because Hollywood has transformed the term "mafia" in > a piece of the American folklore, and in a cool, easy stereotype for > Sicily and Sicilians. If you were born where the real mafia has killed > thousand of real people with real guns and real bombs, and has > strangled entire sectors of society with real racketing and real > mobbing, you would probably agree that linux and mafia have very > little in common, and you would feel the same bitter disgust many of > us have felt since the website was announced, back in the days.
It's not the first time this happened. For example, the word "pirate", originally a bandit and murderer (and in places like Somalia, still current!) yet nowadays its more widespread meaning is "culture spreading activist"[1] (not just copyright, also, eg, radio), a term of pride for many of us. [1]. The MAFIAA[2] defines that differently. [2]. And here, we're close to the original meaning. -- A tit a day keeps the vet away. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
