On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Dexter Graphic wrote: > > > Is this off-topic or what? > > Yup. > > For me it's not off topic at all. I was attracted to the free software > movement because it seemed to consist of visionary radicals who were > dedicated to changing the world for the better through technological > openness and information sharing. However, what I'm realizing is that > few people take these ideas seriously and most just want to play with > their geek toys, show off how clever they are, be anarchistic, and get > high.
None of these things are necessarily incompatible with having high ideals and getting things done. > The idealism and drive to accomplish something worthwhile seems > to be completely missing, and I wonder if this comes from smoking the > marijuana. This hedonistic self-indulgence while the rest of humanity > suffers and dies is despicable; we have the power to make a difference > but we are doing nothing, or barely anything. I want to be part of an > IT revolution that wipes out Microsoft, brings greedy corporations to > their knees, reforms corrupt governments, and revitalizes democracy > around the globe. I am beginning to think I'm in the wrong movement. > perhaps You need to rethink what you want from the movement, and put it in relation to your other goals, to be effective you need to learn to work with people who share some of your goals, even if they may disagree with you about other issues. Remember that You can't dictate other peoples morality, at best you can provide an example... -- http://www.efn.org/~laprice ( Community, Cooperation, Consensus http://www.opn.org ( Openness to serendipity, make mistakes http://www.efn.org/~laprice/poems ( but learn from them.(carpe fructus ludi) _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
