From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 5 17: 7:34 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from phobos.illtel.denver.co.us (dsl-206.169.4.82.wenet.com [206.169.4.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 63FD337B54F for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:07:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from abelits@phobos.illtel.denver.co.us) Received: from localhost (abelits@localhost) by phobos.illtel.denver.co.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA15516; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:08:40 -0700 Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:08:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Alex Belits To: "G. Adam Stanislav" Cc: Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Unicode on FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <20000405182819.B226@whizkidtech.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, G. Adam Stanislav wrote: > On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 03:51:29PM -0700, Alex Belits wrote: > > I think, I have heard statements like this way too much in my life -- > >"Communism is the bright future of the humankind -- this goal hasn't been > >achieved yet, but Communist Party is..." Sorry, but I see too many > >similarities. > > Give me a break! I grew up in a Communist country. A remark like that > is a slap in my face. Especially from someone who, obviously, has > personally experienced Communism. I could see a Montana Freeman making > a comparison like that, but not a Russian emigré. I refer only to my idea of the possible validity of the statement, I have no intention to actually compare Unicode Consortium and Communist Party. > To compare Unicode to the suffering imparted by the Communists on almost > two thirds of the world is ridiculous in the least, and outright > offensive. This is not a place to discuss my feelings toward political doctrines, however I don't see why hatred toward communists is supposed to be somehow "sacred". I always considered that people have unlienable right to poke fun at all kinds of troubles that they faced, and I think that with 23 years spent in Russia I qualify for that pretty well. -- Alex ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Excellent.. now give users the option to cut your hair you hippie! -- Anonymous Coward To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message