Re: [ox-en] Re: [ox] Theses about the relation between the Oekonux project and the remaining world

• From: "Benj. Mako Hill" <mako debian.org>
• Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 12:19:57 -0700

On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 11:48:54AM [PHONE NUMBER REMOVED], Christian Siefkes wrote:

Hi Stefan, hi all,

* Result: Because Oekonux is an open instead of a left project
  leftists are welcome as anybody else. In a left project *only*
  leftists would be welcome.

* Ergebnis: Weil Oekonux ein offenes anstatt eines linken Projekts
  ist, sind Linke ebenso willkommen wie alle anderen. In einem linken
  Projekt wären degegen *nur* Linke willkommen.

Anybody else? So rightist people would be welcome as well?
Neo-conservatives and neo-liberals? Rassists and neo-nazis? Anti-Semits?
That's absurd...

You might want to familiarize yourself with Godwin's law.[1] It's an
old piece of netiquette that is not invoked, or even know, nearly
often enough these days.These sorts of extreme and often irrelevant
examples are inflammatory and counterproductive. The rest of the
thread to seems to only reinforce this fact.

Regards,
Mako


[1] http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_Law



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    • From: Christian Siefkes

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