You chose to respond, but not to criticize the original poster...
Those who sit quietly are barely less culpable than you, who take the effort
to correct the original statement, and assert my lack of mental capacity.
You are no less guilty of hatred than the person who started this absurd
conversation.
While the following phrase has become cliche on the internet, I would assert
that it stands true in this context:
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do
nothing.
I respond not because the original message was posted at all, for I honor
the right to speak freely, nor that it was posted on an advocacy NG, for
that is clearly an appropriate place for strong opinions. I respond because
it was cross-posted on a NG that is populated by a grand set of knowledgable
and generous individuals, mostly unpaid volunteers, who devote their time
and expertise to helping others to solve specific technical problems.
I neither beg nor demand that you show respect. I ask only that you
consider how you would feel if you were sitting in a theatre-sized room with
hundreds of simultaneous friendly conversations going on, and someone ducked
in the door, yelled hateful epithets, and ran off, too cowardly to defend
their statement or let themselves be known. What would go through your
mind? Would you be uplifted? Would you think kindly of the statements or
the person who made them?
If you would find this behavior distressing when done to you, and yet you
sit quiet as other folks are made victim, you stand in poor company indeed.
--- Nick
"chrisv" <ch****@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
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"Nick Malik" <ni*******@hotmail.nospam.com> wrote:
(top posting corrected)
"Jesphachia Twhongle" <jt*******@no.spam> wrote in message
It is not so much a question of when Linux will reign; but a matter of
when Microsoft scum will be washed into the bath drain...
Please Stop posting hate on this newsgroup.
We are professionals who have chosen a computing platform. We are trying
toget our jobs done, and help each other out.
We are not your enemy. We share many of the same problems and concerns.
I believe the "Microsoft scum" in question does not include users of
M$ software. Figure it out.
