[ox-en] eric raymond blog
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- Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 02:12:25 +1100
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>> HARD NEWS <<
grudging thank-you's
(...)
Neither did we - we think - give the gift of hubris to open
source evangelist ERIC S RAYMOND, whose personal blog - "Armed
And Dangerous" - uses logic and free thought to reach the same
certainties that sixteen pints of "Ayn's Old Prejudicial" and
a roomful of cab drivers might manage in an evening. Previous
heated debates in Eric's head have included male homosexuality
(they like little boys), the nature of Islam ("warlike and
bloody", the lot of 'em), and dietary tips (meat and two veg:
it's evolution, mate). But only this week, Eric has invented a
way that Al-Qaeda could cripple America, sworn himself and his
conspirators to dread secrecy, then reassured the world that
should bin Laden's cronies try to torture him for his secrets,
he will give them a "very short education in what the wrath of
Allah is really like". Next up: following a politically
motivated cop-shooting in California, Eric asks when *is* it
acceptable to gun down a police officer? When, he argues,
they come to round up all the guns, pornography, computers, or
Jewish people in your area. (We're guessing that should they
come for the homosexuals, Muslims, or non-Atkins dieters, get
a second opinion before opening fire.) Oh, we'd like to think
that it's just one big troll, but there's a real tone of
desperate decline to it all. It's like watching Larry Ellison
channel Charlton Heston; it's like Cliff from "Cheers" truly
going postal; but most of all, it's like finally realising you
no longer have to defend Eric S Raymond to anyone any longer.
And for that, thanks for a true gift from God.
http://armedndangerous.blogspot.com/
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