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Article #73888Re: Jumping on the GNU bandwagon (was Re: GNU Under Siege)
From: Larry Tepper
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1991 22:48
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1991 22:48
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huw@spls5.ccs.mt.nec.co.jp (Huw Jonathan Rogers) writes: > Trying to make some sort of connection between the Gulf War >and FSF/GNU is reprehensible in the extreme and quite frankly unutterable >bullshit. One is a political/military issue of foreign policy, the other >is a domestic economic/political issue of copyright. They are related by >only the most absurdly tenuous of connections. I would agree with this, though I wouldn't put it so vehemently. > I personally object to your remarks in any case because >they are nothing less than treasonous - a deliberate defamation >of the honorable actions of the allied military in the Gulf War. You gotta be kidding. Treasonous? That's a capital offense! Are you actually accusing this person of committing a crime for which the punishment is DEATH? Talk about reprehensible and extreme... > Kindly desist from abusing a just cause (FSF/GNU) to make >unwarranted and politically subversive statements. Politically subversive?!!! Lighten up... -- Larry Tepper, Compatible Systems Corp. 303-444-9532, 800-356-0283, FAX 303-444-9595
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,242c5d8c0521d9b7 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-07-18 22:43:29 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!csn!ltepper From: ltepper@csn.org (Larry Tepper) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: Jumping on the GNU bandwagon (was Re: GNU Under Siege) Message-ID: <1991Jul18.224816.6454@csn.org> Date: 18 Jul 91 22:48:16 GMT References: <287d06e8.campfire@campfire.UUCP> <9107120444.AA00443@spls5.ccs.mt.nec.co.jp> Organization: Colorado SuperNet Inc. Lines: 24