Jerzy Karczmarczuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> The tombstone of Nicos Kazantzakis (The Last Temptation of Christ)
> has the following inscription:
> 
>      I hope for nothing.
>      I fear nothing.
>      I am FREE.
> 
> Perhaps this is a tiny bit closer to my personal perception of
> freedom than the metaphysics of the Free Software Foundation.

Well and good, but without fear and hope there is no motivation to do
anything. Which is quite apt for a body in the ground, but for upright
specimens such philosophical sentiment leads to stagnation.

Cheers,
Julian.

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