Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 15:15:38 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: FreeBSD-advocacy <freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Are we a Political Action Committee ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980513145604.927B-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
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Mr. Hasty's letter to Dan Morales regarding Dell and Compaq is the inspiration for this question. Are we a Politcal Action Committee? Politics are of local interest. This is a global forum. Politics are of interest to individuals and the government whom they live under. This is a group and is not beholden to any particular government. Emotive political discussion on this list can only cause division. This should not happen. As a member of this group, I am woe to be included, by default, in positions and opinions that I do not, myself, agree with. To make an incredibly graphic example, "A letter to the President of the United States: We, the members of the FreeBSD community, think that you should nuke Dubai because they don't use enough FreeBSD." Ridiculous, perhaps. Would you like it if I sent off such a letter and plastered the FreeBSD name _or your name_ all over it? -- What do you mean, No!? FreeBSD-advocacy should not be _directly_ engaged in the politics of governments. Thank you, | Try some of this. It will show you where you're at. Jason Wells | http://www.freebsd.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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