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Re: [OT Tangent to the plane] Elitism...



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Chris Walters wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> | On 04/03/08 19:19, Chris Walters wrote:
> |> Ron Johnson wrote:
> |> | On 04/03/08 15:39, Ivan Savcic wrote:
> |> |> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
> |> wrote:
> |> <snip>
> |> |>>  That smells of elitism.  (Not that I mind...)
> |> |> No, it's just you can't have all. It's a matter of compromise. A
> "pick
> |> |> two" game, if you wish. And Debian simply can't please everyone. The
> |> |> point is, why be bothered by that? Debian set it's goals and a
> |> |> corresponding target group was gathered around them. And a good one,
> |> |> if you ask me.
> |> |
> |> | Because it's "elitist" to not want to please all the people all the
> |> | time...
> |
> |> No, it is elitist to say, "Debian is the only good distribution, the
> |> only truly
> |> GNU/Linux distribution worth having.  All others are for the uneducated
> |> masses,
> |> who don't care about being right.  We are smarter and better than
> they are,
> |> because we choose Debian - all hail the mighty Debian!"
> |
> |> That would be elitist.
> |
> | So if I chant that 24 times before bed every night and 24 more times
> | when I wake up, that's a bad thing???
> 
> Nah, that is not a bad thing.  A little odd, maybe, but not bad.  The
> Debian,
> has room for all, The Debian IS all, join The Debian now...
> 
> 
Funny... i never noticed how well "Debian" rhymes with "Cult" :P
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