[ale] Social FUD: was -> politics, KDE

[Ronald Chmara]

Ya know, if political ignorance, and technical ignorance, were treated 
in the *same* way on this list, it might be a different list.

We can joke about distro wars, and yet, folks seem genuinely angry 
about US vs uruk, Democrats vs. Republicans, etc.

(I had to stop myself earlier, when I, as a registered libertarian who 
often votes for greens, sought to remind folks that there are not only 
*two* ways of thinking...)

We all know what FUD is, I hope. Maybe when the list strays, we can 
stop sloganizing our vendors, distros, nations, ideologies... and 
express ourselves through useful work to others.

I work a bit with PHP, which, as you may or may not know, has *massive* 
braintrust in israel. We all ignore the politics, as the work is 
greater than bombings, governments-of-the-day, or social campaigning. 
PHP has made a larger impact, I think, than jingoism, under any of the 
flags of the 21st century.

Just a thought.

-Bop
Ronald Chmara
Ronin Professional Consulting LLC
678-530-9542
"The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting 
than the question of whether a submarine can swim." ---Dijkstra