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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Rev Simon Rumble [<A HREF="mailto:simon@rumble.net">mailto:simon@rumble.net</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: 14 April 2003 11:27</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: gllug@linux.co.uk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [Gllug] [OT] Hero vote</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Sat 12 Apr, Peter Adamson bloviated thus:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> You can vote for Linus to be Time (europe edition)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> hero of the year...</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Though ppl might want to know</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> <A HREF="http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero/" TARGET="_blank">http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero/</A></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I'm afraid I can't possibly vote for someone who wrote a useful and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>revolutionary piece of code when he's up against such impressive</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>competition. Just a cursory glance brings out Vaclev Havel and Nelson</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Mandela, two people who brought about "regime change" and liberated</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>their people from brutal and oppressive systems without bloodshed.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>It's a bit disappointing that there are no women in the list, but then</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>it's a pretty odd list...</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>I think you'll find Nelson Mandela was Chief of Staff of Umkonto we Sizwe and was well aware of the need to use violence.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>"There comes a time in the life of a nation when there remain only two choices. Submit or fight back. We will not submit..."</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>IIRC, MK Communique Number One.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>No, I am not saying Nelson Mandela supported this war. He did not. But he isn't a pacificist either.</FONT>
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