On Friday 15 August 2003 21:27, Ernie Schroder wrote: > On Friday 15 August 2003 01:40 pm, Bram De Smet wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 16:31, Zack Gilburd wrote: > > > On Friday 15 August 2003 05:06 am, Eric Livingston wrote: > > > > Interesting sentiment. So, if Gentoo were to post on their front > > > > page that they were full, enthusiastic supporters of terrorism, > > > > had in fact helped to fund the 9/11 attacks, and were now in the > > > > process of pulling money together to help fund a nuclear attack > > > > on NYC, you'd just merrily keep sending them donations because > > > > the "quality of the software is high"? Strange... > > > > > > Did you honestly just say that? I'm still in shock. > > > > More of us are in shock every day when we turn on the news and hear > > about the terrorist attacks the States commit in a global way and > > that for several decades. Get over it. > > I don't think this is to the point anymore. > > > > For me this thread can be closed: > > > > If you do not know where your money is going and you don't trust the > > organization you are donating to, don't donate. > > > > This goes not only for Gentoo, but for all kinds of organizations. > > This is a great example of why there should be no politics in this > forum. You have just declared the United States a terrorist country and > delare the thread closed. Please keep your anti-American politics to > yourself.
And, in case this huge thread makes the GWN (hey, I could be famous-ish), I would like to say as the OP that this ran away from my topic quite quickly. I was simply curious if I donated £50, would that go to buying more RAM for the web server, some poor persons rent or whatever. I would be interested in, but an by no means asking for; how is it decided? If there is some poor student sitting there somewhere with very little cash because he sits in a helps the Gentoo project instead of getting a job I have no problem in him using my £50 to get himself a drink or whatever. Whilst I care where my money would go, I was more curious about how it was decided and what sort of things they went on. Also, I get the feeling that people are too damn stressed over this. Not that I would suggest the OP should control the thread, but relax people. Can we kill the thread now? ps, if I send a donation specifically marked "alcohol for devels", will that work? ;-) -- Tom Wesley
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