Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 11:15:46 +0100 From: paul@originative.co.uk To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Richard Stallman came to town Message-ID: <A6D02246E1ABD2119F5200C0F0303D10FF44@octopus>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: David Schwartz [mailto:davids@webmaster.com] > Sent: 13 May 1999 04:45 > To: cjclark@home.com > Cc: adam@whizkidtech.net; freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: Richard Stallman came to town > > > > > I don't see how some people's ignorance can be blamed on GNU. It's > > like blaming the gun manufaturer for someone being shot, or the > > cigarette maker for someone getting cancer... oh, wait, we do blame > > that on them now-a-days. > > If gun makers knowingly sold guns to people who didn't > know how to use > them, it would be logical to hold them responsible. If > cigarette makers > represented their cigarettes as safe to smoke while knowing > they weren't, it > would be logical to hold them responsible. > > I'm very curious why cigarette makers don't just come > clean and say that > smoking can kill you. If you smoke cigarettes, you are taking > a risk. Many > people knowingly take risks for pleasure, it's much like skiing. In the UK they are required by law to print "Smoking can kill" on the packs and on all advertising materials. I think there are other messages as well but that's the most clear :-) Paul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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