Re: [Summary] Discourse for Debian
I sincerely apologize to anybody I offended. See (or don't see) below.
On Wednesday, April 15, 2020 11:49:56 AM Holger Levsen wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 10:22:29AM -0400, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > This must be one of those days when I feel the need to respond to more
> > emails than I usually do.
>
> but why?
Do you really expect an answer? Hard to explain -- I guess the
misinterpretation of one of my earlier comments led me to feel the need to try
to explain myself.
Apology (or attempt at explanation) is still further below.
>
> > (2) maybe bringing systemd into a discussion is (should be considered)
> > something just as disrepectful (harmful) as bringing Hitler into a
> > discussion.
>
> i'm disgusted and not sure how I should comment on comparing a free
> software tool with someone who's actions lead to the death of millions of
> people and the holocaust.
I sincerely apologize! I never intended my comment to express any approval of
Hitler or a comparison of systemd to Hitler.
I don't know if I can explain or if an explanation would help. Without really
thinking about the actions of Hitler, I was just trying to suggest that
bringing up an off-topic subject that provokes controversy (like systemd) might
signal the end of useful conversation about a subject, something like bringing
up a different off-topic subject (Hitler) has in the past signaled the end of
useful conversation on other subjects.
To me, the idea of bringing up Hitler in a conversation is crazy / humorous,
even though his actions are far from humorous.
(I probably dug myself in deeper :-(
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