Cassiano Bertol Leal wrote: > I'm sorry, mate. But not everyone in this list and/or using Debian is > from the USNA.
Semi-touche'. I pointed in particular to our politics so no one
would think I was denigrating anyone else's.
> Well, that may seem weird to you, but there *are* real politicians and
> politics and *real democracy*
True. Some of them are even over here in the land of the Bush league.
> in some places around the world, where these words do not necessarily
> mean something bad.
Also true. But Mr. Ferrier was using `politics' in a way suggesting
he meant to be derogatory.
> To be honest, you don't even have to think about governments to think
> about politics. There is politics everywhere.
Which is why I said ``This is politics at its best[.]'' I was
pointing out that `politics' is not necessarily a dirty word, and since
ISTM that he was using it as such, I was asking for clarification.
> There is nothing negative about political decisions (unless they *are*
> bad decisions -- and even that is relative). Especially when they were
> actually put to vote.
Aye---that is what I was trying to say. Thanks for the chance to let
me say it better.
> Cheers
> Cassiano Leal
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Best wishes,
Max Hyre
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