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Confessions of a Mac OS X User
An anonymous reader writes "Here's an interesting commentary on OSDir.com about one Mac OS X user's guilt over using it instead of Linux on his laptop, and how he's been burned by the dreaded iBook logic board problems so much that it underlines the tyranny of hardware vendor lock-in: it's not that Mac OS X isn't F/OSS, but that it only runs on Apple hardware. It also raises the obvious question: have you ever felt guilty over using Mac OS X instead of Linux?"
to my GNNA's from tha Wesideeeeee!
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10 minutes out and the server's already melted down. How am I supposed to mod comments? Before reading the article?
Slashdot editors should make a special mirror for people with mod points. They ought to be good for something.
Well, I guess I'm just going to mod up the funny comments.
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Rep. Doug Quelland, R-Phoenix, caused a stir on Tuesday when he delivered a prayer on the House floor that took aim at multiculturalism, welfare, abortion and "alternative lifestyles":
Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know your word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values. We confess that:
"We have ridiculed the absolute truth of your word and called it pluralism.
"We have worshiped other gods and called it multiculturalism.
"We have endorsed perversion and called it alternative lifestyle.
"We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
"We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.
"We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
"We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
"We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
"We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem.
"We have abused power and called it political savvy.
"We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
"We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
"And we have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
"Search us, O God, and know our hearts today; try us and see if there be some wicked way in us; cleanse us from every sin and set us free.
"In the name of your son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Confessions of a Mac OS X User
I was expecting some ultra-gay hardcore stories when I read the title.
Rep. Doug Quelland, R-Phoenix, caused a stir on Tuesday when he delivered a prayer on the House floor that took aim at multiculturalism, welfare, abortion and "alternative lifestyles":
Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance. We know your word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values. We confess that:
"We have ridiculed the absolute truth of your word and called it pluralism.
"We have worshiped other gods and called it multiculturalism.
"We have endorsed perversion and called it alternative lifestyle.
"We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
"We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.
"We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
"We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
"We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
"We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem.
"We have abused power and called it political savvy.
"We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
"We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
"And we have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
"Search us, O God, and know our hearts today; try us and see if there be some wicked way in us; cleanse us from every sin and set us free.
"In the name of your son, the living Savior, the Great Ghey One, Jesus Christ. Amen.
But you can "F/OSS" with Macs running OSX, like all the rappers do in their Bentley rollin' on dubs.
"We have ridiculed the absolute truth of your word and called it pluralism.
The Bible was written by some guys in order to scare their fellow man into following their rules.
"We have worshiped other gods and called it multiculturalism.
God never existed, so he won't mind.
"We have endorsed perversion and called it alternative lifestyle.
This guy just needs a nice cock up his ass.
"We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
Please remind us all how much money you rake in from special interest groups and store in your bank account?
"We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.
Similar to the above. He probably lives in a nice big house and drives a nice expensive car. His children go to only the most exclusive private schools, as well.
"We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
Well, I can't argue with this one!
"We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
This is the truth (I am for abortion).
"We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
This is the truth as well.
"We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem.
So true. You never see kids get spanked these days.
"We have abused power and called it political savvy.
True, but we are the 800lb gorilla, so get the fuck outta the way.
"We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
No shit; we are a consumer society. This guy probably covets his neighbor's wife (women are posessions).
"We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
If only it were that easy to get porn. If this guy is so against freedom of expression, why won't he just SHUT THE FUCK UP?
"And we have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Times have changed. Get with the program or fight it from within; don't just whine and bitch about it.
"Search us, O God, and know our hearts today; try us and see if there be some wicked way in us; cleanse us from every sin and set us free.
Please, shut the fuck up now. Ok, thanks.
"In the name of your son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
Please excuse me while I wipe my ass with pages torn out of a Bible. The most expensive toilet paper I've ever bought.