In a message dated 9/29/2000 6:09:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< > be moderated. If not then anything that even vaugely relates should be
> fine. When people start telling others what they can or can't talk about
> then things just go to hell w/ flame wars etc. A new list is great but
<minor snip>
Maybe I'm missing the obvious here, but what the fsck is it about US
Politics that "even vaguely relates" to Linux? Please, humor me, this
bemused Linux user is eager to learn...
<snip>
Regards,
Ozz.
>>
As you've noticed, politics is a very unusual topic. Everybody seems to
have something to say. It is much tollerated, except when you disagree. And
it's sad that anybody has to suffer exposure to it if they don't want to, let
alone on this Linux group. And it has nothing to do with Linux, just with
the survival of the human race.
Whoever the idiot is that becomes the president, he has the power to
distroy the world, he will have to deal with Saddam Hussein and the whole
Arab situation, he has to deal with China and Russia, he has to deal with the
U.S. Congress and they with him [they prettymuch stopped the current guy],
and many other things of botlh United States and world wide importance. And
somehow its far too much like a High School Presidential election! [i.e. has
aspects of a popularity contest] However everyone in the world will live
with the consequences of the election, one way or the other. Like it or not.
And some don't so much that they try to assasinate him. And, the oddest
thing of all -- most Presidents start doing good for the U.S. and the world
after they become ex-Presidents!
I was flamed for posting something about the history of computing and how
situations at that time influenced the development of GNU and eventually
Linux. It's amused me at how long this political discussion has gone on and
the turns it has taken, from funny to screaming curses. -Gary-
