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Linux for Asia: Asianux
kiwimate writes "Two Linux distributors (one each from China and Japan) are building a common Linux platform for Asian companies. Using Oracle software to create the product, which is dubbed "Asianux", they have declared they'll create a common kernel so that the two companies' offerings can interoperate with ease."
That's a very ignorant point of view you have - I grew up speaking Spanish, German, and English, but I never needed to install support for another language on my box; I, too didn't see the whole need for different software; support, maybe, but not software.
Now, I do see the new need, but I didn't need a fucking faggot-ass troll like you to shout it at me.
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Yuck Fou
how about slantinux?
My problem? I was perfectly gruntled, until some numbnuts came by and dissed me.
I'm sorry but I find this entire issue disgusting.
Perhaps you are asian and that is why you feel this way? Let me explain something to you, perhaps you are not from the US and wouldn't understand this.
In the United States being politically correct has gotten so far out of hand it's disgusting. Short of the deep south and other very rural areas racism is actually a rather small issue these days and is enough of a two way street to be left be (this was not always the case). Because of how extreme this has become the tables have turned to the point where the race/gender which is in majority is actually the MOST discriminated against of all. It's actually discriminated against in law, at a disadvantage compared to other races and genders for college money, is less favorable to employ because of free government funds for hiring pretty much ANY other race. And forced to used the PROPER term of the day when refering to another race.
Because of this I for one refuse to acknowledge any of it. I have friends and I call a black child brother everytime I see him (my mother remarried to a black minister). Let's really look at this (I'll pick on blacks this time, because it's the hotter issue and hopefully due to my family people will be more likely to listen to my argument FIRST and THEN decided whether or not they agree with it).
List of some terms to refer to a person with dark colored skin:
African-american
black
spade
nigger
What do these have in common? Well they are all words, and they all have EXACTLY the same meaning in the english language when used the context of refering to a human being. Why is it we give special meaning to some of the terms as opposed to others? Because some tend to be used in a derogatory manner? So what? Do you have any idea how many terms I can come up with to refer to a person in a derogatory manner that are considered perfectly acceptable?
Hell when I use the term nigger I've given it my own definition. It's an insult to be sure by it's not race specific. Personally I know more white people who fit my definition.
African-american I believe is the current politically correct term. Damn make up your mind, are you African or american? Hell most of the people insisting on being referred to by this term and getting offended otherwise didn't even have african ancestors! A very large portion of them are South American or from other portions of the southern hemisphere.
The problem isn't with someone calling another person a cracker, nigger, or chink(sp). The problem is with people thinking this is an insult. If you call me a cracker, should I be insulted? Why, all you did was refer to my race, I'm rather proud of my race. My race has been a driving force in most of the social, economical, and technological innovation throughout known and documented history. We've explored and mapped the world, we were the ones who invented computers, flight and first succeeded in landing on the moon.
If someone calls you a chink, why on earth would you be offended? They are calling you Asian and the asians also have a proud heritage, why are earth should be ashamed or insulted to be called one? If they mean it to be an insult that's all the more reason to disregard it, because they are stupid enough to believe it is one.