[ale] Time to stir the pot

H P Ladds householdwords at gmail.com
Wed Jan 4 11:23:54 EST 2012


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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