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Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 12:39:44 -0700
To: Trent Waddington <s337240@student.uq.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again
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At 11:59 AM 3/5/2001, Trent Waddington wrote:

>A war of words.  A war of legal strategy.  A war of corporate politics.
>But a war of blood and killing ala Richard III, let's try to keep some
>perspective here.

I am. The war may be virtual, but in other respects it is as much a
"take no prisoners" war as a physical one.

>  The "balance" you are talking about can also be refered
>to as ignorance and self denial.

Not true at all. A failure to achieve balance -- and, hence,
unnecessary casualties -- will result when people ignorantly follow
demagogues into the fray. The Crusades also come to mind as an example
of a situation where mass action, incited by the selfish, caused
millions of innocents to come to harm.

--Brett


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