On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 08:38:04PM -0400, Jolanta Piorko wrote: > What the fuck is going on; is it your url? - http://www.counterpunch.org/ if > not get the fuck out of there I believe you're mistaken. Debian[1] is an international organization of volunteers who have made common cause to produce a freely-modifiable operating system and distribute it at no charge to the public. An operating system is the software which fundamentally operates a general-purpose computer. One component of an operating system can be a web server. If a web site is not configured with content by the people running it, a boilerplate page, such as the one you presumably saw, may be displayed instead. It is likely that Counterpunch's website experienced some technical difficulties. It is *not* likely that Counterpunch's website was defaced by the Debian Project or its members. We have no need to take through deception or intrusion what the many satisfied users of our operating system freely offer -- promotion of our cause and product through its use. But perhaps I need to speak in plainer language: If you're going to cop this kind of ignorant and hostile attitude to a worldwide, not-for-profit, cooperative venture, you'll probably find yourself more at home among frothy people like yourself -- political conservatives. You might find them at Little Green Footballs[2], example. I trust at such sites you'll enjoy the company of people addicted to slander, hysterical invective, and the aggrandizement of plutocratic corporate mercantilism much more than the comparitively sober, thoughful, and egalitarian fare that Mr. Cockburn and his colleagues produce. [1] http://www.debian.org/ [2] http://littlegreenfootballs.com/ -- G. Branden Robinson | It is the responsibility of Debian GNU/Linux | intellectuals to tell the truth and branden@debian.org | expose lies. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Noam Chomsky
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