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Why Linux is About to Lose
mpawlo writes "Wired ran an interesting piece by Russ Mitchell in the latest issue of the magazine. Mitchell focus on the so called war between Microsoft and Linux and why Linux will have a hard time winning such a war, and especially in respect of the desktops. The article was only available in the paper issue, but is now also available online."
Question: `A friend of mine who is homosexual is considering adopting a child. This particular child has been in a physically abusive home, and my friend feels that he can at least give this child a loving home. He wants my advice, and I'm not sure what to say. I've been trying to lead my friend to Christ and just want to be cautious with my answer. What would you suggest?
Pat Robertson: You know, USA had a movie recently with Valerie Bertinelli about lesbian couples and adoption, and so forth. And I know about what happened when a young man was taken away from his Christian mother by a court and given to his homosexual father. And the next thing you know, that guy was a flaming homosexual, and if I'm not mistaken, he contracted AIDS. I don't think that homosexuals, especially single homosexual men, should be adopting children. I think it's just wrong. I think for any single man to think of adopting a child is in itself a dangerous practice because you don't have time, you don't have the mothering instinct. If you have to go to work, how are you going to take care of a child? It's very difficult to do for anybody that's single. To take on somebody else's child is difficult enough, but to do so in a homosexual environment where the contacts that the man is going to be having--his various male lovers coming in, and this youngster's going to be exposed to all that? The answer is: this would be a terrible environment. So if there's any way you can do it subtlety say, `Look, Jesus loves you, but I think right now we ought to get you straightened out before you start taking on some other responsibility.' A life of a child is very significant, and that won't be a help for him.
I read this yesterday on linuxtoday.com. How is this news?
On a side note, the article was poorly written and betrayed some serious misunderstandings about the purpose of Linux and its "need" to be a desktop.
pat roberson = sux0r!!!
the article mentions that Applix offered "podesta" as the correct spelling for "web site." The article says look it up:
dictionary.com indicates that webster says the following:
podesta \Po*des"ta\, n. [It. podest[`a], fr. L. potestas power, magistracy. See Potent.] 1. One of the chief magistrates of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages. --Brande & C.
2. A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.
Mad propz to Beowulf, son of Scyld.
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ignore. And just for the lameness filter, I'll say: ignore.
Hey, my wife said the same thing, and being an obedient husband... She thinks those wobbly, drunken Mandrake penguins are cute, too.
Hello Fellow monkey!
And the name of the publication is "Wired"?
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That little tech-geek boy is lucky he pulled that stunt on a girl. I would've been slamming his head into a shit-filled toilet if he had done that to my computer.
I suspect deleting all their data isn't a very clever way to impress most women.....I bet this jerk doesn't see much action.
Got that one, too... I was able to recover by hitting Back, Preview, then Post. No problemo.
somebody mod this overrated, poorly-written zeal down