Date: Thu, 13 May 16500 17:28:30 -0500 From: "gh" <grasshacker@linkfast.net> To: "G. Adam Stanislav" <redprince@redprince.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why are people against GNU? WAS Re: 5.0 already? Message-ID: <0071414018a9$ee531600$2869a0d0@leviathan> References: <3.0.6.32.20000513143506.00895650@mail85.pair.com><391D71FE.1570F551@asme.org><Pine.BSF.4.10.10005130735370.20100-100000@hydrant.intranova.net><391D4DAD.FD80980A@picusnet.com><003b01bfbcdc$6059fb40$a164aad0@kickme><391D71FE.1570F551@asme.org><20000513205610.A22103@physics.iisc.ernet.in><3.0.6.32.20000513143506.00895650@mail85.pair.com> <3.0.6.32.20000513162448.00894a70@mail85.pair.com>
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> At 02:16 14-05-2000 +0530, Rahul Siddharthan wrote: > >Communism is about state control and restricting individual freedom -- > >originally in economic matters, like manufacturing and so on, but > >in practice in everything including speech and expression. The theory > >is that individuals are selfish so the state has to tell them what to > >do. > > Rahul, > > You have some theoretical ideas about Communism, but clearly no direct > experience. We have no common ground for any further discussion. > > Adam Communism is a set of "suggestions" (if you will) for running a state. So, in essence, Communism is just exactly that, a theory. What you have described in practice is not Communism, but a totalitarian government based on Communism. sheesh. Besides, communism and FSF are *not* the same things, or even the same topic. At most, FSF could be considered corporate, not governmental. Dan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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