DFS <nospam@xxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Mark Kent wrote:
>> AB <fardblossom@xxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> On 2007-07-30, Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> claimed:
>>>
>>>> Donating your ill gained profits to charity doesn't absolve you from
>>>> breaking the law.
>>>
>>> But it got His Billness knighthood, good press and a boatload of
>>> adoring groupies who think he should be sainted.
>>>
>>
>> An honorary knighthood, of course.
>
> Something no Linux "advocate" will ever have to worry about, of course.
>
>
> "According to the U.K. Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the honorary
> knighthood recognizes Gates' contributions to improving health and reducing
> poverty in parts of the Commonwealth and elsewhere in the developing world.
> Gates also was recognized for his contribution to enterprise, employment,
> education and the voluntary sector in the United Kingdom."
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2005/mar05/03-02gatesknighthoodpr.mspx
>
>
It doesn't really matter; what's important is that his company is
regularly and consistently lawbreaking, which is clearly unacceptable,
even for someone who's only honorary rather than a real knight of the
realm.
Furthermore, it's simple enough to demonstrate that the claims above are
simply not true.
>
>> I'm wondering how we can have him stripped of it -
>
> You can't.
I believe that you can.
> You're small-minded, lying peons that nobody listens to.
>
Obviously you do, as you've taken the trouble to reply to my message.
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