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040216 Joseph Pingenot wrote: |
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>> From purslow@×××××××××.ca on Sunday, 15 February, 2004: |
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>> but let's remember that free-software workers far outnumber M$ cadres |
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>> & 95 % humans are not subject to the repressive US legal system, |
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>> so M$ wd have a v hard time, if they tried that kind of attack. |
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> I agree that it has its warts, but "repressive" is a vast overstatement, |
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> There are *much* worse systems out there which deserve that moniker. |
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> I know it's currently popular to bash the US, but please don't. |
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yes, i'm aware this is a sensitive subject & largely OT for Gentoo-dev, |
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but the OP -- whose warning i said was sensible -- like so many others |
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did sound as if everyone is subject to the US legal system. |
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that is by no means the case, as Hollywood & M$ are finding out in Europe. |
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people in Canada & Europe are not as frightened of being hit |
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w a legal sledgehammer as most US residents seem to be, rightly/not: |
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our societies are based on consensus rather than continual confront'n. |
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but largely OT ... (smile) |
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