Cassiano Bertol Leal wrote: > I'm sorry, mate. But not everyone in this list and/or using Debian is > from the USNA. Semi-touche'. I pointed in particular to our politics so no one would think I was denigrating anyone else's. > Well, that may seem weird to you, but there *are* real politicians and > politics and *real democracy* True. Some of them are even over here in the land of the Bush league. > in some places around the world, where these words do not necessarily > mean something bad. Also true. But Mr. Ferrier was using `politics' in a way suggesting he meant to be derogatory. > To be honest, you don't even have to think about governments to think > about politics. There is politics everywhere. Which is why I said ``This is politics at its best[.]'' I was pointing out that `politics' is not necessarily a dirty word, and since ISTM that he was using it as such, I was asking for clarification. > There is nothing negative about political decisions (unless they *are* > bad decisions -- and even that is relative). Especially when they were > actually put to vote. Aye---that is what I was trying to say. Thanks for the chance to let me say it better. > Cheers > Cassiano Leal -- Best wishes, Max Hyre
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