[ale] M$ gets record fine
Geoffrey
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Thu Feb 28 08:46:47 EST 2008
JK wrote:
> Robert Reese wrote:
>
>> Open Source is the "Chinese Finger Puzzle" of the business world. It
>> is counter-intuitive, much like gun toten' to liberals. For those
>> people that believe that less guns means more safety, they cannot
>> understand how arming potential victims (like college students of
>> today) can actually increase safety and security.
>
> This might possibly be true, if you didn't just arm them, but
> also taught them about reasonable firearm safety, security,
> and responsibility.
We could make the same argument for parenting as well.. Too many people
are 'armed' to produce offspring without considering the long term
consequences.
--
Until later, Geoffrey
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
- Benjamin Franklin
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