Are Linux Zealots Terrorists?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 21, 2003 @12:18AM from the only-if-bo-counts dept.

pair-a-noyd submitted this one choice piece of flamebait, I'll just quote it ".. I have a hard time seeing the Zealots as any different from terrorists because of the nature of their threats. I expect one of them -- or perhaps a group of them -- will go too far at some point and do significant damage to the open-source movement, the ongoing litigation with SCO or their employers. I strongly believe that if September 11 showed us anything, it was that zealots of any movement represent a huge risk to that movement because zealots do not consider the repercussions of their actions" Like the zealots he speaks of, he goes to far, but he does make legitimate points that the Open Source community has wrestled with in the past.

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SCO by parksie · 2003-10-21 00:19 · Score: 0, Troll

SCO sucks anyway ;)
Ridiculous! by jimbolaya · 2003-10-21 00:33 · Score: 0, Troll

How did the September 11 attacks show us that "zealots of any movement represent a huge risk"? It showed us nothing other than the risks posed by zealots of one particular movement. That tragic incident cannot be extrapolated to zealots or movements at large.

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Re:Blah blah Godwin's Law by dupper · 2003-10-21 00:51 · Score: 0, Troll

Wow, no wonder JonKatz is gone