On 18 Oct 2005 18:02:53 GMT, John Bokma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote or quoted :
>If you think you can direct the development of human behaviour by not >buying a Microsoft product, be my guest. Refusing to take any action against them is also immoral. I think you are morally obligated to take some reasonable action to counter Microsoft, effective in and of itself or not. Your counsel is similar to those who tell people it is futile to vote. All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. ~ Edmund Burke I had an experience that changed my completely on that sort of issue. I started gay lib in my part of the world purely as a "futile moral gesture". Within 2 years to my utter amazement, we had the gay rights legislation. -- Canadian Mind Products, Roedy Green. http://mindprod.com Again taking new Java programming contracts. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list