Yes, this is offtopic and should be discontinued from this mailing list. This has nothing to do with Ubuntu or Unity.
Sincerely, kroq-gar78 On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Michael Hall <mhall...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > This has nothing to do with unity design, please find a more appropriate > channel for these kinds of discussions. > > Michael Hall > mhall...@ubuntu.com > > > On 05/10/2012 10:48 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad wrote: > > I know there's work in progress on the Code of Conduct, but I wanted to > > address this topic here, because this is the only place in the Ubuntu > > Context I've ever had this problem. In order for everyone to properly > > understand the importance, I'll explain very briefly – and to the entire > > community – why this is so important to me and why it makes me want to > > step back from the community. But I primarily want to explain why I'm > > here and why it's important that people like myself don't go away – > > though everyone seems to want us to. > > > > I begin reacting to religion a long time before my rational reasoning > > begins. > > > > Religion is such a strong topic for me. My grandmother was brought up as > > extremely christian. And she's been a very powerful presense in my > > family. On my fathers side, everyone's non-religious, I think. But my > > grandmother was taught that everything nice was evil. Music, for > > instance. And I'm a musician. And cards. I'm a card artist. And games. > > I'm a pool player. Mostly everything I love, she was taught, is evil. > > However, the final years of her life, after my mother died, she was very > > lonely. And I spend large amounts of time with her, talking about life > > and death. And it was so important to me that my efforts to talk > > honestly to her, didn't affect her beliefs. That really took a > > commitment. Because I was always confident that I would be able to > > convince her that her beliefs didn't make any sense, but I didn't want > > to take it away from her - even subconciously. . I respect my elders and > > their religions. It doesn't mean they're right. > > > > I've spent a very large part of my life talking about religion – all of > > the big ones – though I've never been one myself. I can argue with > > priests or mullahs or anyone. It is extremely interesting to me, > > understanding what makes people think the way they do. Whether they're > > different because of age, religion, sex or sanity, really doesn't matter > > that much to me, as long as I truly understand. That's also why I want > > to engage in the way people use computers. Because I don't only consider > > them as tools. I consider them as a new part of our reality. In my inner > > mind, I call it the hypersynapsis. I think it's bigger than computers > > and bigger than the internet, but definitely not bigger than humans. > > > > Ubuntu was never sold to me. I joined because it immediately clicked > > with all of my strange personal vectors. I fight very hard for Ubuntu, > > but I also defend Microsoft – simply because much of the things people > > are saying, isn't true. > > > > I hope I never have to defend my beliefs in any Ubuntu channel ever > > again. Because it's the one and only time I do. And it feels wrong to > > me, that I should be forced out of the community because of my > > non-religious beliefs – weird as they may be. > > > > Jo-Erlend Schinstad > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > Post to : unity-design@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~unity-design > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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