Are Linux Zealots Terrorists? 812
pair-a-noyd submitted this one choice piece of flamebait, I'll just quote it ".. I have a hard time seeing the Zealots as any different from
terrorists because of the nature of their threats. I expect one of them
-- or perhaps a group of them -- will go too far at some point and do
significant damage to the open-source movement, the ongoing litigation
with SCO or their employers.
I strongly believe that if September 11 showed us anything, it was that
zealots of any movement represent a huge risk to that movement because
zealots do not consider the repercussions of their actions" Like the zealots he speaks of, he goes to far, but he does make legitimate points that the Open Source community has wrestled with in the past.
Blah blah Godwin's Law (Score:5, Interesting)
Our generation has a new bottom of the flamebait barrel. When somebody compares something to September 11 in an attempt to bolster their own argument, move on.
Warballs - Lazy journalism (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:USA, Corp. (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:woah (Score:2, Interesting)
You are way on the right track here. I don't know if anyone in the professional media can even define "terrorist."
Most people use "fear" as a prerequisite. We fear God and He's not a terrorist. The US Armed forces are "feared" and they are not terrorists.
National armies under command of National leadership cannot be called "terrorists," sorry PLO.
Being outspoken on any issue does not make you a terrorist. Hatred itself does not make you a terrorist, but it is a driving force.
Real terrorists are bent on personal violence, and take concrete steps to act.
Re:The Ridiculous Over-Use of the Word "Terrorist" (Score:2, Interesting)
I have already written it somewhere else here
Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg _was_ a terrorist, he blew up people!
And noone remembers him as a bad guy, despite the fact that the attempted assasination at 20. July 1944 (and his resistance against the nazi regime in the time before) meets every criteria of terrorism!
Re:woah (Score:3, Interesting)
If you do not want to read the links, it boils down to Stallman not believing that software should be owned, but a common good. This is already established legal terminology, so nothing to do with communism or taking peoples livelihood away.
Just because people have been making money in a certain way doesn't mean that this method of making money should be protected. People can make money in many ways and should explore other options when one seems to be heading for obsolescence.
Re:LOL! (Score:3, Interesting)
Uh, right (Score:3, Interesting)
I suggest to everyone that they do the following (Score:3, Interesting)
Are Linux Zealot's Communists?
Yeah, I thought so.
-Shieldwolf
Why don't you read the article? (Score:4, Interesting)
"I have a hard time seeing the Zealots as any different from terrorists because of the nature of their threats."
Whatsamatta? You no speeka de English?
Terrorists kill people. They kill PEOPLE.
And he has a hard time seeing a difference between someone killing someone and someone arguing with him?
I think that qualifies as an "idiot".
Re:The Ridiculous Over-Use of the Word "Terrorist" (Score:3, Interesting)
Attempting to define terrorism (Score:3, Interesting)