LOL! On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 17:01, James Mitchell wrote: > Its funny what a little 'search and replace' can do......LOL > > > *** HEADLINE NEWS *** > > Microsoft Bashing Now Considered a Hate Crime > > Washington DC - George W. Bush signed into law yesterday legislation that > makes Microsoft bashing an offense covered under the hate crime statute. > Anyone convicted of Microsoft bashing will now face Federal charges. > > The law is in response to the recent beating of a student at the University > of Colorado by a Sun Certified Java Developer. > > When asked for comment, Blurg Stevens who has been charged with the crime > said, "He kept shoving his new laptop in my face. He was playing 'Who's > your Daddy now? My little Java-Bitch' mp3 (The new hit by Roadkill) on > Windows Media Player. It was really getting to me. I just (pause) couldn't > help myself!". > > Law enforcement officials have been given some guidelines to follow when > determining if a crime is covered by the statute. For example if a person > beats someone to death with a hammer they would potentially face murder > charges only in a state court. However, if a person beats someone to death > with a hammer while yelling "You .Net developing bastard," then they would > be charged under the hate crimes statute and face trial in a Federal court. > > Many oppose the law, because they feel that it is unfairly targeted at one > particular group. "This makes it near impossible to do our job properly > without breaking the law," said Sun's PR representative Reid Tarded, "the > Feds are taking away one of our most useful tools." > > It is commonly believed that 70% of the development population are Microsoft > users. Web Developers who develop with the Jakarta Struts framework often > hide their use from friends and family members. Meeting other developers > only in bars, IRC channels, or mailing lists. Developers who openly use > Struts often face extreme prejudice and discrimination from co-workers and > IT departments but say that this bigotry must be confronted. "I�ve never > been beaten because of my open sourcedness, but I get a lot of �Microsoft > sucks� comments," said Mark Galbreath, "I�m glad the statute is there to > protect me." > > Others in the Microsoft community were confused by the ruling. "I went to > Microsoft Bash 2000 and it was one helluva party. The feds shouldn't be > stopping that," said Dumbas A. Rock. > > In related news, developers using Microsoft's new .Net framework are now > covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --
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