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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ Mark Kent ] on Sunday 01 October 2006 06:59 \__
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>> Roy Culley <rgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> http://www.faqs.org/faqs/linux/advocacy/faq-and-primer/
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>>> [excerpt]
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>>> 1.4 The Charter of comp.os.linux.advocacy
>>>
>>> The charter of comp.os.linux.advocacy is:
>>>
>>> For discussion of the benefits of Linux compared to other operating
>>> systems.
>>>
>>> That single sentence is the one and only charter of the newsgroup
>>> comp.os.linux.advocacy. The newsgroup's charter is for the newsgroup as
>>> a place for supporters of Linux to gather to discuss Linux, for the
>>> betterment of the Linux community and the promotion and development of
>>> Linux. It supports this as a place for those who would like to learn
>>> more about Linux to come to learn from those who know Linux. It does
>>> not call for it to be a place where the anti-Linux propagandists to
>>> gather in order to discredit Linux.
>>
>> Well, here it is again. Just in case anyone was confused.
>
> Tim appears to feel confused. Why would /anybody/ who opposes Linux post
> here? It's like entering MacDonald's to argue with the staff and demand some
> burrito.
It brings to mind one of the best Simpsons moments, where Homer enters a
single author bookshop, perhaps Tom Clancy, and spends several minutes
asking the counter-staff for a range of other authors. Some people seem
to be unable to process what is says on the tin.
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