waterskidoo wrote:
>On 2007-08-20, [H]omer <spam@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>> ____/ waterskidoo on Saturday 18 August 2007 16:21 : \____
>>
>>>> It doesn't seem much different than some of the more radical Linux
>>>> zealot rantings.
>>>
>>> Examples please. Is anyone /forcing/ people to use Linux? Enlighten,
>>> please.
>>
>> I am sick to death of that ignorant cow branding us as zealots. If that
>> is true, then surely we are no more bigoted than Sweaty "Linux is a
>> cancer" Ballmer, and his loyal band of cronies.
>
>1. Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never hurt me.
>2. Branding you as zealots? This post just goes to prove my point.
So your point is that your siding with the trolls?
>> We're not all fence-sitters like her. Maybe if she had balls then she'd
>> pick a side and fight for the cause, instead of accusing people of being
>> "zealots", merely because they *dare* to defend themselves against the
>> reprehensible forces that viciously and relentlessly attack GNU/Linux,
>> Free Software, privacy, civil rights, fair use, and other civil issues.
>
>Defend yourself?
>Maybe it's your balls that are doing all the thinking for *you*.
>If sure seems that way.
>
>Linux is an operating system, the charter of this group says something
>about comparing/discussing Linux vs other operating systems.
>
>I see nothing about a religious war in the charter.
Funny, I saw nothing about "religion" in Homer's post. I did see
things like privacy, civil rights, and fair use. You have a problem
with that?
>> *We're* the underdogs here; *we're* the ones under attack; *we're* the
>> one's struggling to secure Freedom and restore a measure of justice and
>> common sense to the world of IT. Is it bigotry to fight for liberty? If
>> that is her position, then that makes her as big a part of the problem
>> as those other reprehensible forces, and perhaps without realising it,
>> she has already clearly picked a side. Unfortunately, she's picked the
>> wrong one.
>
>You sound like a loon.
>BTW I rarely fit into a box like you apparently do.
You sound like a defender of the corporate, money-grubbing powers
which seek to control and tax us for things for which they have no
right.
>> Plonked and added to the Trolls list.
>
>Your post is the poster child for fanatiscism,
>(snip)
You think the Billy Gates of the world are not "fanatical" in their
pursuit of money and power?
>I'll leave you with one thought:
>
>It really does seem true that if one does not follow along in COLA
>then one is labeled a troll.
If it "seems" like that it's because we've seen almost no "pro
Windows" people who are honest and ethical. They tend to lie and
attack the advocates unfairly (sound familiar, "waterskidoo"?)
>Fine, isn't it time for you to tighten up that tinfoil hat and
>plug yourself in for a recharge? I think your batteries must be drained
>after this post.
>
>Haha!
Fsck off. You may not agree with some of the more extreme views that
Homer and Roy have, but you should respect their opinions as honest
and altruistic.
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