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flap:
No I think *Free Software* is a left wing idea. GNU certainly is. You do know what an evil, immoral, leftist liberal Richard Stallman is, don't you?

voidmain:
Maybe he is, and I can also tell you there are a lot of things about RMS that I don't like. I do like the OSS idea and I do like GNU.  And I believe I also said I am not tied to everything right and hate everything left. I like what makes sense (the best of both worlds). It just so happens that there are more right wing things that I agree with than left. Maybe this time next year the opposite will be true.

I can also tell you that during my later years in the military (that has to be a right wing operation if there ever was one) that we used *much* open source software.  In fact I had Linux on every one of our PCs for free access to our graphical UNIX servers (several years ago now). And GNU software was VERY popular.

Now, this is precisely why I don't like to see politics on this site.  We can argue all day long and both of us will continue to think we are right. Neither of us has much of a chance of changing each other's minds and it does no more than get one's blood pressure up.  I would surely vote in favor of a ban on politcal discussion so we can combine forces in the better good of wiping out Microsoft and spreading the word of OSS.

flap:
Point noted; blood pressure dropping.

To be honest I had gained the general impression that you were right leaning but always imagined you to be something like a Libertarian. That is, as far as I can gather from what I know about them (not much), basically right wing but less populist and more individualist than traditional right parties, and placing more importance on personal freedom.

I'm just really surprised at you supporting an institution like the Republican Party and people like Bush, who are a massive reason why big businesses like Microsoft, and all the other giants who are in bed with that party, continue to get away with screwing everyone over.

[ September 04, 2002: Message edited by: flap ]

Calum:
i agree. and i would not be in favour of stopping politics on this site because look! the political discussions are some of the most eloquent and interesting threads here!  :D

eradicator:
to tell the truth, i haven't seen one news article about the US/Iraq thing. nor do i know anyone online or offline talking about it. i guess it's not too important?

anyways, i doubt we will go to war with anyone, americans are cheap. and war is expensive.

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