On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 02:16:22AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:44:54 +0000, Rainer wrote in message > <87powmdcy1....@doppelsaurus.mobileactivedefense.com>: > > > Steve Litt <sl...@troubleshooters.com> writes: > > > On Mon, 25 Jan 2016 11:42:59 +0100 > > > > > >> > And that begs the question: "Who is Karen Sandler?" > > >> > > > >> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Sandler > > >> > > >> ..small fish, nice tits. ;o) > > > > > > The preceding half sentence is one example of something that should > > > NEVER appear in any Devuan venue. Ever. > > > > > > A post like that is likely to anger half the world's population, > > > > I was on and off thinking whether or not I should write someone about > > this because it annoyed me but couldn't quite think of what. Since > > someone else now did: Speaking on behalf of half of the population of > > the world is a little hyped up (got that from a dictionary and have no > > idea about its connotations), however, a comment like the original one > > above is entirely appropriate when describing a would-be price cow on > > an agricultural fair and quite out of place in any other context: > > It's a piece of information about the person who wrote it nobody > > asked for (or should be interested in or should be forced to take > > note of). > > ..either way, just by being "anti-systemd", we _are_ "politically > incorrect." The bigger fish runs 3 letter type parties and ditto > agencies. Even if Steve is all right on Karen, she's still a small > fish in this game, if my Groklaw etc experience is worth anything.
I hadn't realised that systemd issue had become a matter of offending a significant fraction of the general population. I really thought it ws still a technical issue and something that some powerful forces were pushing. Political dissent has never to my knowledge been an issue of political correctness. Insulting people that are in a denigrated community, however, is. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
