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Article #73229Re: LPF boycott of Apple
From: Chris Cooke
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1991 16:27
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1991 16:27
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In article <1991Oct30.180320.11188@donau.et.tudelft.nl>, thomas@duteca.et.tudelft.nl (Thomas Okken) writes: > Thanks to the boycott, people are not just attacking companies and their > lawyers anymore, but calling names at the people who use and support products > of those companies. It's very nice that *you* don't take any of these > attacks personally, but when I am likened to a terrorist supporter just > because I use Apple, I get angry. Surprised? > > - Thomas (thomas@duteca.et.tudelft.nl) I agree absolutely. The original remark (calling Apple a "terrorist organisation" I think) was extremely hurtful and insulting, not least to the families of all those people murdered by the Red Brigade, Action Directe, the UVF (or is it UDA?), the Bader-Meinhof Gang, the IRA, the INLA, Shining Path, and all the other terrorists out there. -- -- Chris. cc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (on Janet, cc@uk.ac.ed.dcs)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,64e514debf1e6e73 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-11-01 09:37:55 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!zeus.ieee.org!sdd.hp.com!wupost!uunet!mcsun!uknet!ukc!edcastle!dcs.ed.ac.uk!cc From: cc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Chris Cooke) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: LPF boycott of Apple Message-ID: <20803@skye.dcs.ed.ac.uk> Date: 1 Nov 91 16:27:02 GMT References: <BURLEY.91Oct29174837@churchy.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1991Oct30.180320.11188@donau.et.tudelft.nl> Sender: nnews@dcs.ed.ac.uk Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Edinburgh Lines: 17