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Re: KDE v. Gnome GONE WAY OFF TOPIC!!!

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From: Richard Horton
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 00:00
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With the execption of the last couple of lines WTF has this to do with
Linux and computing in general..


David Kastrup wrote:
> 
> darrow@oneillaw.com (O'Neill) writes:
> 
> > 95 percent of the homeless are not homeless because they're poor,
> > but because they're insane.  Under our constitution, we cannot
> > institutionalize them against their will, because that's a
> > deprivation of their liberty.
> 

and apart from the above statement is a) patronizing, b) insulting.
Some people (particularly adult males with no health problems) are NOT
guaranteed housing so if they lose their jobs and the state won't cover
mortgage repayments then out on the street they go.



> And even $10 per day is not much if that's all you have to depend on
> while starting to develop GNOME and/or KDE applications.  Which is
> what the thread is about.
> 
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Subject: Re: KDE v. Gnome  GONE WAY OFF TOPIC!!!
Date: 1998/10/20
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