Re: Blocking Gmail ads
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 05:57:06PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> There must be a socio-linguistic gap here.
>
> In the US (and probably in Canada/UK/ANZ), there's an expression
> that after the revolution is won, the revolutionary leaders are
> brought "out back" and shot.
Since Canada has no history of revolution I wouldn't expect that this
could be considered a Canadian expression; at least I haven't heard it
before.
Those who disagreed with your revolution came to Canada as United Empire
Loyalists (came is a gentle way to say that the victors kicked them out
with perhaps the clothes on their back.
Of course the British did the same thing when they took over
French-speaking Acadia (now the Maritime Provinces of Canada) and sent
the Acadians to the other French-speaking region of Mosouri (or however
its spelt).
>
> The meaning is that the firebrand personality and temperament needed
> to foment and lead a revolution is counter to those needed to run
> the country once the revolution is over. But the revolutionaries
> obviously don't want to give up power, and they'd cause too many
> headaches and embarrassments, so "professional politicians" quickly
> step in and have the firebrands "neutralized".
>
> > The GPLv3 does good things and fixes many problems. It's a necessary
> > license, and given its growing level of adoption, I'm not alone with
> > this opinion.
>
> - --
> Ron Johnson, Jr.
> Jefferson LA USA
>
> ESPN makes baseball players better.
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