From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon Jun 3 6:16:44 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu (PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.83]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0D4A37B409 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 06:16:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (CENTRAL-CITY-CARRIER-STATION.MIT.EDU [18.7.7.72]) by pacific-carrier-annex.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id JAA17110; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 09:16:35 -0400 (EDT) Received: from melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (MELBOURNE-CITY-STREET.MIT.EDU [18.7.21.86]) by central-city-carrier-station.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id JAA08035; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 09:16:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from nerd-xing.mit.edu (NERD-XING.MIT.EDU [18.7.16.74]) by melbourne-city-street.mit.edu (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id JAA24477; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 09:16:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from petr@localhost) by nerd-xing.mit.edu (8.9.3) id JAA13350; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 09:16:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 09:16:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200206031316.JAA13350@nerd-xing.mit.edu> From: "Petr M. Swedock" To: kdk@daleco.biz Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <200206030320.g533K8x47840@freefall.freebsd.org> (kdk@daleco.biz) Subject: Re: misc/38839 : incorrect spelling of 'communism' in fortune References: <200206030320.g533K8x47840@freefall.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org : : "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." : : : : Subject: re: misc/38839 : incorrect spelling of 'communism' in fortune : Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 22:11:20 -0500 : : >Number: 38839 : >Category: misc : >Synopsis: inconsistent spelling of communism in fortune : >Description: : In the following fortune: : : I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a : professor or student to advocate Marxism, socialism, communism, or any : other minority viewpoint -- no matter how distasteful to the majority. : -- Richard M. Nixon : : What are our schools for if not indoctrination against Communism? : -- Richard M. Nixon : : communism is spelled both with a capital 'C' and a lowercase 'c'. : Probably both should be lowercase 'c', but at least being consistent would : be good. These are quotes. Has anybody bothered to look at the original source[s]? If the original source[s] are inconsistent, who are we to impose some grammatical ideal upon history? I believe it is wrong to change other peoples words, for any reason. Peace, Petr Swedock -- petr@mit.edu http://web.mit.edu/petr http://lids.mit.edu ____________________________________________________________ You can design simply, or you can design for simplicity. The first requires a fear of complexity only. The second requires an understanding of complexity. Choice is yours ------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message