Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:08:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:08:04 -0400 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:34036 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:07:20 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 16:07:49 -0700 From: Mike Fedyk To: Steven Walter , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux 2.2.20pre10 Message-ID: <20011022160749.B5343@mikef-linux.matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Steven Walter , Alan Cox , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20011022122722.A369@top.worldcontrol.com> <20011022174502.B29445@hapablap.dyn.dhs.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20011022174502.B29445@hapablap.dyn.dhs.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 05:45:02PM -0500, Steven Walter wrote: > On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 09:34:28PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 01:29:14PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > "Until they become conscious they will never rebel, and until after > > > > they have rebelled they cannot become conscious." > > > > > > While I've been generally saddened by Alan Cox's and others > > > anti-America attitude, I am somewhat surprised to find that > > > Alan believes the US bombing of Afghanistan is justified and so > > > is the collateral damage as they call it. > > > > That quote is rather older than the US bombing of Afghanistan. You read > > totally inappropriate things into it. > > Certainly, it is not. This statement applies to Afghanistan, in that > the fact that they have not rebelled means they imply consent to > everything their government does, and therefore are just as guilty as > the Taliban. Therefore, killing civilians (collateral damage) is no > worse than killing terrorists or Taliban officials. This is a stance I > can easily subscribe to, not just with Afghanistan but with any people, > nation, state, or country. And how is someone from a forien country going to see just how much or how little you have rebelled against the DMCA? We allowed the law to be passed so now we should take the blame? Like some have already said, we have politicians that promise one thing, and do whatever the hell they want after they're in office. It depends on how much they stick to their promisses when comes election time in 2-4 years that determines wheather they stay there... - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/