With all due respect, I may have something to say here: it is also very tempting to generalize about Americans, my friend, but it is almost as dangerous. The fact that some of my compatriots may agree with the bully-ism of Dubya, does not make us all "boil in the same pot". I have been so sicken about everything our "great" president has done against economy, mockery of our international relationships, domestic civil rights (I think he even has a problem pronouncing such things in public ... haven't heard it last night, by the way?!?), and freedom of speech - ever since he was put in office by the country's "Legal Department" - that I am no more surprised that he had and has no consideration for world rights, either ...
So let's go back to Mandrake - and let us all hope that what Linux meant and symbolized (and still does) for the whole world, as a community of like-minded people, capable of creating such a wonderful system, cannot be shutdown by a Bush, or a Gates, or the likes ... My $0.02 (soon to become worthless - thx, Dubya!!!), Stef P.S. Due to the nature of my job, with responsibilities of IT support throughout the world, I have had the chance to visit almost all continents, and talk to all sorts of people ... and I UNDERSTAND them, when it comes to how they may see us TODAY ... and this has nothing to do with patriotism - I think I love my country much, much more than many "bump-your-chest-kill-everyone-how-mighty-we-are-drop-a-bomb-on-all" compatriots of mine ... but I also suffer immensely when I see our unity with the world in difficult moments, having disappeared, and how much sympathy we lost ever since the September 11th tragedy, because of lack of common sense at the highest possible level ... and thinking how much people were with us immediately in the aftermath ... I just hope history puts the Jr. where Sr. ended up, come next elections ... that's all ;) And let's keep Linus "in office" :) On Wednesday 29 January 2003 08:20 am, Mike Veltman wrote: > This is not the mailinglist to be political I gues. > > But the reaction of mister burns shows me that it seems that americans feel > very misunderstood. :-) Pretty funny for a superpower that has the largest > depts in the world. > > But let us at least try to have a common goal (linux-mandrake) > > > And please respect the fact that a lot of europeans have a different view > of the Irac case. > > > Mike
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