Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 00:27:45 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: "Petr M. Swedock" <petr@MIT.EDU> Cc: kdk@daleco.biz, freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/38839 : incorrect spelling of 'communism' in fortune Message-ID: <20020717232745.GA98247@walton.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <200206031316.JAA13350@nerd-xing.mit.edu> References: <200206030320.g533K8x47840@freefall.freebsd.org> <200206031316.JAA13350@nerd-xing.mit.edu>
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On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 09:16:32AM -0400, Petr M. Swedock wrote: > : I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a > : professor or student to advocate Marxism, socialism, communism, or any > : other minority viewpoint -- no matter how distasteful to the majority. > : -- Richard M. Nixon > : > : What are our schools for if not indoctrination against Communism? > : -- Richard M. Nixon > : > : communism is spelled both with a capital 'C' and a lowercase 'c'. > : Probably both should be lowercase 'c', but at least being consistent would > : be good. Maybe Nixon didn't mind communism with a small "c" but found Communism with a capatal "C" objectionable. It almost makes sense when you think about it ;-) > These are quotes. Has anybody bothered to look at the original > source[s]? If the original source[s] are inconsistent, who > are we to impose some grammatical ideal upon history? I'd guess they were spoken, so it may be hard to tell what he ment. Maybe someone could write to him and ask ;-) David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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