[ale] Time to stir the pot

[Rich Faulkner]

<snip>

Get outta town you Commi, Pinko, Radical, terori$t!

</snip> 

I've got my passport!  : P

GNU/Linux...and Stallman did finally get a kernel that works with GNU
(not Linux) right?  Didn't I read something about that recently?

(Must go surfing to answer my own question)  

Going back to lunch now....

All Hail Galaxar!



On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 11:23 -0500, H P Ladds wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Rich Faulkner <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org> wrote:
> > Time to stir the pot?  Okay, you asked for it...  :P
> >
> > I agree with Stallman and; although I do not "exclusively" use FOSS, I do
> > weight very, very heavily upon it and use it in all cases where I can (and
> > press to convert to FOSS in all cases possible).  A hardware equivalent has
> > been on my mind too in the past year (if such a thing could exist).  (Do to
> > the nature of the business we engage in we are forced to support client
> > platforms that are usually MS based.  In these cases we have turnkey systems
> > that provide this and they are usually provided by the client themselves).
> > All others are Linux based solutions including our continued evangelism of
> > Linux in the desktop realm.
> >
> > We too have seen the writing on the wall with this legislation and
> > social/political tides that smell as products of Nazi era propaganda and as
> > much as we (my wife and I) would be labeled as radicals; I believe (and have
> > found) that our sentiment(s) are more in line with those who live(d) outside
> > of the US (in western society) than those who live here.  Many (if not all)
> > in the Tea Party (here too perhaps) would call us socialists...and that's
> > fine with me.  The names don't bother me as I know my convictions and answer
> > to a higher authority.  I am not insinuating that President Obama is
> > instituting Nazi-era (totalitarian) legislation; but I will defer to reading
> > the implications of recent and proposed legislation for myself.  As a matter
> > of record we voted for President Obama in 2008 and intend to do so again in
> > 2012.
> >
> > As for us, and in the assumed context of terrorism, we are non-belligerents
> > and do not support violent revolution or violent action in any form.
> > Criminal action such as terrorism is unthinkable as counter to our Christian
> > faith; but we remain aware of the daily threats against us that seek to
> > conform and control our thoughts and behaviour in a manner consistent with
> > the desires of those who seek to continue to exist off-of-us.  We know the
> > source of that and to that end our faith is well addressed and centered.
> >
> > It is my belief and hope that we will see a reformation of information much
> > as we saw a reformation of the church.  Just as Martin Luther brought
> > information to the masses; will we see a modern visionary who brings to the
> > masses truly free knowledge and information?  Free software imparts
> > potentials for free education and free knowledge.  I support this and
> > actively participate in this through mentorship and teaching (all for FREE!)
> >
> > It's hard to really get into this when you're at work so will keep this
> > short.  I think Richard Stallman is spot on.  And yes, I too think it should
> > be called a GNU/Linux system....
> 
> Yea well, "Sez Yous." You probably think that distros include both GNU
> and Linux. Get outta town you Commi, Pinko, Radical, terori$t!
> 
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