[ale] .NET considered harmful

Geoffrey Myers lists at serioustechnology.com
Thu Mar 31 11:48:13 EDT 2011


So as you responded to my post, you indicate now I am a simpleton?  Is 
this really necessary?

Jim Kinney wrote:
> I've had enough bitting my tongue placating the simpletons. If I offend, 
> good. I have no intentions of rewarding large scale societal damaging 
> actions or views by withholding my vitriolic condemnation.
> 
> I really don't want this country to be viewed as the breeding ground for 
> "underpants gnomes" and Farengi when we could be the breeding ground for 
> the Federation. I just don't yet see a process to get from here to there 
> that is less than catastrophic in the interim. I would much prefer if 
> humans could choose to make the changes instead of being willing to 
> die/kill to not change.
> 
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Geoffrey Myers 
> <lists at serioustechnology.com <mailto:lists at serioustechnology.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I find you to be a relatively intelligent person, but the vitriol with
>     all the name calling, for one, isn't necessary, and two, pollutes the
>     value of your post.
> 
>     I would probably fall into our categorizations below, and yet, I'm
>     pretty sure I'm not an idiot, stupid or a retard.
> 
> 
>     Jim Kinney wrote:
>      > It is not possible to have a meaningful discussion of
>     philosophical or
>      > social processes on ALE. The intellectual background of the major
>      > participants is simple too insufficient to allow for a high level
>      > discussion as current society is in a permanent state of ADHD, 30
>     second
>      > sound bite mode.
>      >
>      > My apologies for trying to introduce a concept that is too far
>     advanced
>      > for the average tea'tard to begin to discuss in any meaningful
>     form. I
>      > am sorry I keep trying to get ALErs to see beyond themselves and
>     grasp
>      > the concept that the process that allowed the formation of the Linux
>      > kernel to become the powerhouse that it is today could also
>     benefit the
>      > whole of society. But some reason, most likely brainwashing from Fox
>      > news and Ann Coultier and Gleck Beck and Sarah Palin, there's a huge
>      > body of idiots now here that think their little middle class
>     existence
>      > actually matters in the big picture. It doesn't. Nor does mine or
>     anyone
>      > who would actually talk to us.
>      >
>      > I despise "Divine Right". No royalty allowed here is a good
>     thing. The
>      > tea'tard mentality only benefits the current royalty that I would
>     like
>      > to see beheaded in the public square for crimes against humanity.
>      >
>      > Fortunately for all of humanity, the conservative moron view doesn't
>      > always win out. Otherwise we'd still be swinging from trees or
>     living in
>      > caves. Too bad progressive have to spend so much energy getting
>     idiots
>      > to think so society can move forward just a little bit more. Maybe in
>      > the lifetime of my great-great-grandkids humans will be looking
>     back on
>      > competition with the same intensity of disdain that I view the
>     tea'tard
>      > morons (candidates for Darwin Awards in bulk). Maybe humans will
>     learn
>      > that cooperation is the only way we have survived to this point.
>      >
>      > Nah. Probably not. Stupid people breed like flies.
>      >
>      > I'll shut up now.
>      >
>      > Probably should unsubscribe from ALE so I won't see the backlash from
>      > this...
>      >
>      > Nah. Watching tea'tards foam at the mouth is kind of fun
>     actually. I'll
>      > be sure to keep happily paying my taxes to support the local
>     emergency
>      > medical services so they can be hauled to the nearest hospital
>     when they
>      > have a stroke.
>      >
>      > --
>      > --
>      > James P. Kinney III
>      > I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in
>     chains.
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      >
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>     --
>     Until later, Geoffrey
> 
>     "I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
>     the government from wasting the labors of the people under
>     the pretense of taking care of them."
>     - Thomas Jefferson
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> James P. Kinney III
> I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.
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-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

"I predict future happiness for America if they can prevent
the government from wasting the labors of the people under
the pretense of taking care of them."
- Thomas Jefferson


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