Michael, In my mind, I take more issue with your defense of Hans murdering someone and burying said dead person near the house. I did not even consider the misogynistic implications.
"if I value my own life less than my ancient operating system, why should I not be allowed to pass the same judgment on others?" Wahhh?! If you value your life less than a piece of software I would suggest counselling and a weekend in Atlantic City. Medication is not out of the question but I would suggest cutting down on whatever you are smoking. "such a controversial filesystem, why not just use ZFS or XFS..." - Dino. I wonder, since Fedora is using it now, if BTRFS is coming to Debian and Ubuntu. Chris... On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Dino K <socalli...@cloudcomp.info> wrote: > such a controversial filesystem, why not just use ZFS or XFS... > > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Michael Sokolov <msoko...@ivan.harhan.org> > wrote: >> >> Hello fellow listmembers, >> >> It has been brought to my attention that my comment about ReiserFS having >> a greater intrinsic value than the life of Nina Reiser has had an >> alternate interpretation other than that which I have intended. >> Specifically, it's been brought to my attention that my comment has been >> interpreted as assigning a low value to women in general - that meaning >> was most certainly unintended, and I apologize for having worded my post >> in such a way that made this unintended interpretation possible. >> >> I'm guessing that the primary source for confusion was my use of the >> word "bitch". As a clarification, I have used that word to refer >> specifically to Nina Reiser and not to women in general. My specific >> labeling of Nina Reiser as a "bitch" is based solely on my judgment of >> how she has mistreated Hans Reiser prior to her disappearance/death, it >> has absolutely nothing to do with her gender or any other characteristics, >> and it can't be generalized to other people or situations. >> >> I believe that Nina Reiser was in the wrong in the child custody battle >> that has allegedly led Hans Reiser to a murderous impulse, but once >> again that is my personal judgment specific to the Reiser case. I have >> had up-close exposure to several other nasty child custody debacles, and >> in many cases my judgment is that the man is totally in the wrong >> whereas the woman is in the right. In other words, it's a case-by-case >> judgment, no generalizations. >> >> But I still stand by my words that the wrongful incarceration of Hans >> Reiser at the hands of the USA nation-state is a tragedy for the Linux >> community, and *this* is the part that's relevant to Linux/FOSS mailing >> lists such as this one. ReiserFS was/is awesome, and Hans Reiser's >> inability to contribute to its further development is a major loss to >> our entire community. It is my political opinion that the Linux/FOSS >> users of the world should unite and form our own nation, develop and >> form our own military, and have the Linux Nation or whatever it should >> be called forcefully challenge USA for the release of Hans Reiser - but >> it's just that, my political opinion. You may agree or disagree with it >> as you like, but I should be able to express it. In any case, let's not >> discuss it here further as Chris Louden has asked. >> >> I also feel that I need to make a clarification regarding my views on >> the relative values of software and human life in general. I have said >> that ReiserFS had/has a greater intrinsic value than the life of Nina >> Reiser, and I stand by this value judgment. The specific case of this >> value judgment logically implies that it *is* possible in general to >> have a piece of software that's more valuable than human life. If >> anyone feels offended by this view, I apologize for my view being >> offensive to you, but I'm not going to change my core system of values. >> >> In my core system of values there exist plenty of things that are more >> valuable than human life, and that's just how it is. Furthermore, I am >> not a hypocrite in that I consider my own life to be of lesser value >> than certain other things: in fact, of all the things I have, my life >> itself is the least valuable! As a very specific example, most of you >> know that I find most modern technology disgusting and repulsive, and I >> absolutely require ancient computing hardware and software in order to >> have a happy and meaningful life. To me this ancient hardware and >> software has a much greater value than my life itself: losing my HW/SW >> would make my life miserable and devoid of meaning, whereas my own death >> would be mere cessation of pain and suffering. I very much hope that I >> die before my VAX does, and I am dead serious about this (pun intended). >> >> So if anyone is offended by my judgment of ReiserFS being more valuable >> than the life of Nina Reiser, here is my challenge to you: if I value my >> own life less than my ancient operating system, why should I not be >> allowed to pass the same judgment on others? Why should I be a hypocrite >> in reverse? >> >> Speaking of death, I very much hope that this thread dies. The only >> reason I'm making this post is to clarify that there was absolutely no >> misogynistic intent behind my original comment. >> >> MS >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
