Re: Fwd: Re: [ox-en] Walther
Shall Intel or AMD also now be tainted, if his computer or
server use either of their CPU's?
Are we to boycott ATI or Nvidia for allowing him to use a video
card created by them?
If his mouse is powered by the serial port which is a patent
owned by Microsoft, does it mean Microsoft can require him to
stop using their licensed technology because of his beliefs?
Worse yet, some of what he has exhaled has tainted all the
air, shall we boycott breathing until he stops exhaling?
Let's all step back and think about the implications of
what you and other have called for. Discrimination on
any basis is not and should not be allowed in the
'Debian social contract'.
If you feel a need to filter messages based on who they
come from, or even to filter who is an author of contributor
to any piece of software you use, feel free to use the tools
that are made available to you with 'NO strings attached'.
None. Purposefully. No one else will make that choice for
you, and the ability to freely make choices is ultimately
what Debian is all about.
On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Martin Hardie wrote:
> so the use of debian products for rascist work is ok for debian....
> by using debian he associates debians products with rascism
>
> On Wednesday 25 February 2004 17:41, Dale Amon wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 04:37:20PM +0200, Martin Hardie wrote:
> > > or is good code more important than this sort of stuff?
> >
> > Yes, as long as his personal beliefs are kept outside
> > of Debian. I think a severe warning to keep his politics
> > outside of Debian would be sufficient.
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> "Mind you, I am not asking you to bear witness to what you believe false,
> which would be a sin, but to testify falsely to what you believe true - which
> is a virtuous act because it compensates for lack of proof of something
> that certainly exists or happened." Bishop Otto to Baudolino in Umberto Eco's
> Baudolino.
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