Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 10:22:02 -0600 (CST) From: "Hunter J Morris" <skarab@merle.it.northwestern.edu> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UNIX on the Desktop (was: Re: Why no Indians and Arabs?) Message-ID: <200112171622.KAA15090@merle.it.northwestern.edu>
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In an event to start something equally unrelated to FreeBSD chat, I was curious how many of you often find that "OS religious wars" are often like many other (arguably, of course) futile arguments. In fact, I am so curious that I propose a list of analogies. I can think of a few that I've personally come across lately. ** Note: each of these are listed simply in an order which, for some reason, is how 'people usually relate them'. The order doesn't necessarily imply that one is right or wrong. 1. Dietary restrictions (vegetarian, vegan, raw foodist, etc, etc) -- of course, this should include only secular motivations (or should it?) -- personally, I'm a lacto-ovo vegetarian who prefers vegetable rennet cheese and kosher eggs. 2. Boxers vs. briefs -- boxers, although because I'm a college student I occasionally wear briefs because there is simply 'no other clean laundry' 3. Communism vs. socialism -- democracy, I'm American! 4. Sacagawea dollar coin vs. dollar bill -- this can even (arguably) encompass the 'lets get rid of pennies' debate -- I strongly dislike paper money .. and why must the first Native American woman on a US coin have a baby with her? Can we say "gender stereotype"? In the spirit of it all, you'll notice I've listed my own personal preferences (even though they are completely unrelated to any part of this discussion). Moreover, you might find it important to note the fact that I often use contractions in my speech (spoken and written in fact) which may lead many to believe I'm less intelligent than someone who might not. I may not stick to standard English orthography rules either. Finally, to remind you of the original purpose of this particular email (or is it e-mail?), I'll say that I just wanted to see some more analogies, not necessarily a _completely off-topic_ digression into little discussions about each I've listed here. (That was my obligatory 'sentence with an angry tone'). Regards, ~Hunter -- http://www.skarab.com -- My personal website, which is full of controversy .. of course, I doubt it renders correctly on anybody's browser. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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