On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 16:16, Janne Johansson wrote: > On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 17:56, Yorkshire Dave wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 15:16, Janne Johansson wrote: > > > I do not know where you got your ideas form, nor do I care. I support > > > things that I think are right. I think Gentoo is a right thing, even > > > though it is from USA and I do not think that war on Iraq, Gulf war or > > > the Vietnam war were right. > > > > Just because they both originate from the same location doesn't mean > > they share the same viewpoint. > > Yes, I'm aware of that, but I believe that Gentoo Inc is paying taxes to > the US, but I can't be sure since I'm really not interested in taxation > issues either. But by donating (which I've done) I might be indirectly > supporting the breaking of the Kioto protocol or even war, and that is > not a nice thought. > I'm paying taxes to the UK, It's not something I have much choice about. Until Gentoo gets big enough to get into a tax haven, I'd guess the same will apply.
> Then again, I believe that Gentoo is politically neutral (or one of the > good guys) when it comes to thing outside the software industry and > inside software industry the definitely are among th good guys. Seems > like I'll be donating money in the future also (when I can afford it) > and my time when I can. > I don't think I've seen any political output from Gentoo as such, politically inactive would be a good description. > > I'm in the UK, this country joined in the > > pillage of Iraq too, and my best efforts to stop it only lead to me > > being arrested and photos of the arrest appearing on various websites. > > You wouldn't happen to have any URLs? I might want to see that picture. Somewhere on indymedia, look for protest at Menwith Hill, or I'll save you the bother by putting some on http://www.wot.no-ip.com/~house/ I ain't saying which is me though :) -- Yorkshire Dave top-posters will be ignored -- Scanned by MailScanner at wot.no-ip.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
