Re: Neil's Newsforge article

On Sat September 6 2003 3:40 pm, Dominique Devriese wrote:
> 2 Neil's statement was flamebait.  It was only meant to
> raise controversy.  The KDE statement was meant as an
> honest attempt to fight swpats ( one can doubt the
> effectiveness, but at least the intention was good ), and
> was widely supported by the community.

I'm not sure it was /meant/ as flamebait. It certainly 
turned out to be. But I think this was quite sincere on 
Neil's part. I'm not quite sure I can agree with him. I do 
think he is a bit confused. I would say that the US Army 
etc, all those forces over there, are carrying out the US 
government's attempt to make the world safe, let alone safe 
for FLOSS. This is to say that the US Army is not 
responsible for the policy, only responsible for carrying 
it out. Neil really ought to have names the Commander in 
Chief and his non-military advisors. I think it is possible 
to appreciate what military forces do, their obedience and 
their attention to being strictly non-political. However, 
this was not what Neil appeared to say. I say this as 
myself a pacifist from as early as I can remember 
considering the issue. 

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