On Friday 15 August 2003 04:40 pm, Tom Wesley wrote: > 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? ;-)
I know one personally and I'm sure he would earmark any donations coming directly to him for that purpose. Would you like he email address? ;-) -- Regards, Ernie 100% Microsoft and Intel free -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
