On 2009-03-05, Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
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>> Physically attacked for using FOSS
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>>| It already happened to me a few days ago when I was out wearing my new KPLUG
>>| T-shirt. In the parking lot at CV center, I was forced to physically defend
>>| my person and the honor of KPLUG from some moron who claimed that FOSS was
>>| illegal and had cost him his job, and that he couldn't find work because he
>>| couldn't do Linux. He likened the money I make teaching and consulting with
>>| Linux to blood money and expressed a desire to make me pay. I perhaps made a
>>| mistake in saying I taught a class in Linux and would be glad to teach him
>>| about it, because he grabbed my shirt in his fist and I responded
>>| aggressively. Um, luckily for me, our side won decisively.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.kernel-panic.org/pipermail/kplug-list/2009-March/106765.html
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> Follow-on:
>
> http://www.kernel-panic.org/pipermail/kplug-list/2009-March/106780.html
>
> Given that he
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> a) had lost work, as he perceived it, due to lack of Linux skills,
>
> b) had met someone who was into Linux and taught a class in it, and
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> c) tried to beat this person up,
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> I suspect that his lack of employment has very little to do with his
> lack of Linux skills.
>
> Was this in 'tlanta? DFS?
Probably Macon. The KKK and inbreds are thicker around that area.
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Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.
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