[Gllug] [OT] Hero vote

[Adrian McMenamin]

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From: Rev Simon Rumble [mailto:simon at rumble.net]
Sent: 14 April 2003 11:27
To: gllug at linux.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Gllug] [OT] Hero vote


On Sat 12 Apr, Peter Adamson bloviated thus:
> 
> You can vote for Linus to be Time (europe edition)
> hero of the year...
> 
> Though ppl might want to know
> http://www.time.com/time/europe/hero/

I'm afraid I can't possibly vote for someone who wrote a useful and
revolutionary piece of code when he's up against such impressive
competition.  Just a cursory glance brings out Vaclev Havel and Nelson
Mandela, two people who brought about "regime change" and liberated
their people from brutal and oppressive systems without bloodshed.

It's a bit disappointing that there are no women in the list, but then
it's a pretty odd list...
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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.

"There comes a time in the life of a nation when there remain only two
choices. Submit or fight back. We will not submit..."

IIRC, MK Communique Number One.

No, I am not saying Nelson Mandela supported this war. He did not. But he
isn't a pacificist either.
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