[Gllug] Handing out flyers this Saturday for the Installfest .

[David Pashley]

Mike Brodbelt said, and I quote:
> On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 13:00, Richard Cottrill wrote:
> > 
> > <snip>
> > 
> > > I'd have no problem with handing out flyers at an anti-war 
> > > rally to do with 
> > > our Linux install-fest provided I felt that most of us saw 
> > > Linux as being 
> > > part of a huge philosophy to change the way the world works.
> > 
> > Some of us do see Linux in that light; I believe (read: not positive due to
> > flakey memory) RMS has the stated intention of changing the world.
> 
> RMS probably would disagree with the war, but he has stated that though
> he would like to change the world in lots of ways, FSF and GNU is his
> way of trying to make a difference in the bit that he regards as his
> personal sphere.
> 
> > Personally, I just think the war is obscene. I could go further here; but
> > I'll spare it for tomorrow.
> 
> Actually, what I find most obscene is that our government is going to
> send British troops to war over the objections of the electorate they
> purport to represent. Attempts to win over that electorate have so far
> consisted of dossiers full of lies. The one plagiarised from the 12 year
> old student thesis was particularly telling. Everything I've seen so far
> is just about trying to justify the "do what Bush wants" philosophy.
> 
> Mike.
> 
There was a line on Channel 4 news last night:

"Hans Blix questioned America's intelligence"

-- 
David Pashley
david at davidpashley.com
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
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