On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 13:49:52 +0000, Doug Mentohl wrote:
> on 24/02/08 01:23 Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
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>> On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:09:07 -0500, amicus_curious wrote:
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>>> "Moshe Goldfarb" <brick.n.straw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>
>> Of course ..
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> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/22/linkin_park_stalker_jailed/
Maybe you should take your own advice, Doug Mentohl.
http://tinyurl.com/3cc8x4
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/browse_frm/thread/f7454da841fee729/e7808767da4961a9?lnk=gst&q=simon%2Bemployment%2Bdoug&rnum=1&hl=en#e7808767da4961a9
"I'm not going to post here any more.
For the past few years, I've always kept a very strict line between my
employment and my posts to Usenet. My views are my own, and I don't see any
reason to bring my employer into it. It's none of their business, and has
no bearing on my opinions.
Recently, other posters in this newsgroup - Doug Mentohl and Paul Cooke -
saw fit to change that. They posted my work information here.
Doug Mentohl is now taking this further. He's writing to my employers, and
is threatening to write to their customers.
My responses to insults and attacks on my person have always been vicious;
I've never seen any need to pussyfoot around when someone else is attacking
me. Unfortunately, some people here don't understand the difference between
words on a Usenet group and attacking someone in real life. They also don't
seem to realize that maybe, just maybe, when people attack you for your
opinions for years on end that you don't have to, need to, or want to take
it likely. The natural reaction is to fight back using any and all means at
your disposal.
But you never cross that line.
That line has been crossed. Thank you, Mr. Mentohl.
A lot of the people performing these attacks see nothing wrong with their
behavior. Yet some of them post anonymously. Still others don't post their
employment information, nor do they want that information posted. Yet they
see nothing wrong with turning it around and attacking someone else with
the same methods they themselves claim to deplore.
This is hypocrisy. It's also the same tactics used day in, and day out by
the supposed "advocates" which litter COLA, drowning out the true Linux
advocates.
Like Slashdot, what could have been a forum for true debate has been
drowned out by people posting under what they claim is a cover of
anonymity. If it's online, they feel, it doesn't matter what they post. As
long as it furthers their political goals, anything goes. This includes
lying about where people work -- at the same time as harassing those people
at the places they *do* work.
Time and time again the posters here have claimed that I'm paid by
Microsoft to post here. This is a lie. They perform statistical analysis on
my posting habits, or on others, claiming that they're posted by more than
one person. They disbelieve that any one person could know a large amount
of information regarding broad topics - and claim that this person is
actually a gang of people employed by Microsoft to post here.
All of these tactics are an attempt to keep dissenters quiet. And when
people get sick of them, they are painted as the bad guys. When all it
would take would be for other - more rational - posters to this group to
reign in the bullies and liars in their own numbers.
My home address and phone number are online. Check the archives. I'm not
anonymous. I never have been. And I've never lied about my employment.
So if you try to post anything which contradicts these people, beware.
They will stop at nothing to shut you up.
They will hound you for years.
They will email your employer.
They will post anonymously, while attacking your identity.
They will attempt to provoke you and rile you in order to get you to return
fire.
They will call you names, and try to hurt you, to dilute what you are
saying.
They will do anything and everything in their power to remove any kind of
criticism of Linux, while using as many lies and falsehoods as they can
muster to deride Linux's competition, while others stand by on the
sidelines and tacitly acknowledge and accept their lies and behavior.
Linux could be a good operating system. But it won't, while its community
acts like the dregs of society, attempting to push their political goals on
everyone.
Simon "
--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/
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