On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Vince Hoang wrote: > Well "libertarian" and "liberal" are not necessarily bad words.
Heck no. Lots of people would call me a liberal and while I'm not a doctrinaire libertarian, I know reasonable, polite people who are. Um, like my brother. What I was hearing were reports of a convention panel where ESR arrived late and then disrupted the scheduled discussion of Scottish science fiction (Iain Banks, Ken MacLeod, Charlie Stross) with a diatribe against socialists. > Whether or not you agree with ESR's political opinions, he was a > significant catalyst in legitimizing the free software movement. Absolutely. People with strong opinions and a way with words give good quote. The Cathedral and the Bazaar is very convincing. However, see also Bezukhov (sp?) on Vulgar Raymondism. I guess all I want to do is suggest that the moderator may want to take a strong line on on-topic-ness. -- Karen Lofstrom