On 04-May-2001 Christoph Simon wrote: > On Thu, 03 May 2001 22:34:20 -0300 (BRT) > Carlos Laviola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> On 03-May-2001 Arthur Korn wrote: >> > Adam Heath schrieb: >> >> Um, "Free as a Bird" is a song, and copyrighted, so they can't go in >> >> main. >> > >> > Copyrighting old german proverbs? *shudder* >> >> German? Worldwide, AFAICT. (At least in Brazil, and most other countries, a >> white pigeon is a symbol of freedom and peace) > > The german expression has a somewhat special history. Some centuries > ago, a person could be declared to be "vogelfrei", as free as a bird, > but in a not so romantic sense, as he would find himself disprovided > of any kind of legal protection. If anybody wanted to harm or even > kill him, he wouldn't be persecuted for that.
Wow! Interesting story... There are some people out there who need to be declared "vogelfrei"... >:) > > > -- > Christoph Simon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- > ^X^C > q > quit >:q > ^C > end > x > exit > ZZ > ^D > ? > help > shit > . Are you saying that vi isn't good? Huh?! :P -- carlos laviola - icq #55799523 $ chown us:us /your_base -R chown: what you say!!