Sorry LK, originally I did not read [all of] that post from you, from Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 3:17 AM (12 steps, FOSS, etc.); but now today I did (re-) read it. Very interesting. Now, this one (Jul 27, 2009 at 5:02 PM) I have only skimmed through; but I did go back, and re-read the "part of it", that was from Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 3:17 AM ...and I still am not sure that I "get" it all, 100%, but it is interesting. -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwartz@acm.org On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 3:17 AM, Lisa Kachold > wrote: > > ABELconf Tee shirt idea: > > > > Sponsorship: (list of all the sponsors for the con) > > > > 12 Steps of Free Open Source > > > > * Step 1 - We admitted Microsoft was powerless over our IT use - > > that many IT systems had become unmanageable > > * Step 2 - Came to believe that a Power greater than Microsoft > > could restore us to sanity > > * Step 3 - Made a decision to turn our IT hardware and phones over > > to the care of Free Open Software Source > > * Step 4 - Made a searching and fearless inventory of our IT security > > * Step 5 - Admitted to ourselves the exact nature of closed > > sources, IT compartmentalization and monopoly restricting wide > > engineering advancement > > * Step 6 - Were entirely ready to support FOSS through volunteering > > * Step 7 - Humbly asked everyone to expose these limiting costly > > shortcomings widely > > * Step 8 - Made a list of all areas that Microsoft had harmed, and > > became willing to find replacement solutions for them all > > * Step 9 - Made direct FOSS source, education and training > > contributions where ever possible > > * Step 10 - Continued to take IT source inventory and when > > processes and programs were too expensive and wasteful promptly > > admitted it > > * Step 11 - Sought to improve our conscious understanding of the > > truth outside of clever marketing campaigns > > * Step 12 - Having had an intellectual awakening as the result of > > these steps, we tried to carry this message to all others and to > > practice ethical FOSS principles in all our IT affairs > > > > I was privately critiqued for this shirt, so I responded: > > Anything is fair game...... > > (Thanks for sharing!) > > I doubt very seriously that sarcastic intelligent humor stops anyone > from doing anything (especially seeking other like minded individuals > who want a "different way to live" [read "a place to meet women; be > "big book thumpers" and "drink deep of altruistic personal gain"]); if > your world view is this black and white simplistic, as to actually > think that our little humorous analogy with CLOSED SORES (corporate > computing) addiction would be "bad press" you must not listen to > current comedians or go to the various Recovery Bookstores and read > bumper stickers, cards and other joke materials? {Laugh} > > Evidently you want to wear autistic "should based" blinders while > righteously partaking in attempts to CONTROL everyone and everything > that so marks those with the "disease of recovery" since you "get a > choice today". > > There are a great number of other self help (and drug and alcohol > recovery program) groups: Rational Recovery, Matrix Based Treatment, > Self Actualization, & RET, that provide great solutions (that don't > exchange a 12 Step "group addiction" for the disease). Simple > underlying oppression, emotional/physical/mental health treatment are > also very very successful! > > 12 Step programs for Overeating, Sexual Addition, Drugs, Alcohol > (although in almost all 12 Step groups, one finds Codependent > Personality disordered individuals attending the wrong group (for > example with SA issues, obsessively acting out with drinking or eating > when oppressed, etc. ). Statistically psychologists track the > Codependent family model generationally and incorrectly 12 Steppers > mis-identify with behaviors touted in meetings to belong to the > disease of addiction. In actuality drug use, pseudo addiction, self > medication present due to many different reasons, the least of which > is dual diagnosis personality disorders. > > Individual identification often occurs in institutionalized ways in > recovering individuals, who, usually need, professional medical, > emotional (counseling/PTSD) and neurochemical treatment, not further > abuse or anything less than state of the art treatment, which is now > readily available outside of "support groups". > > All 12 Step groups depend on self perpetuating cultish agreement ("if > you don't attend meetings you will lapse") and wide identification > with an outdated addiction model (and membership requires a "higher > power" who can be trusted to change people places and things as a > technique for mental freedom over rigid thinking patterns and rage [a > symptom of trauma reaction forming and PTSD]). > > The addiction recovery philosophy of 12 Steps translates very well to > closed source corporate reliance on "Microsoft" or a third party. It > can show clearly the dependence based on fear, and expose the > simplistic lack of technical training, process detail and > understanding of the "corporation" developed source that causes an > addiction to lack of personal (company wide) responsibility. > > My sister is a drug and alcohol treatment facility owner. I wrote her > website: http://www.recovery-systems.org. > > Using the 12 Steps here is not making fun of sexual addiction, > adolescent trauma, poor family systems, obsessive compulsive > disorders, borderline autism, food intake and metabolism control > issues or alcohol and drug addiction. > -- > > (623)239-3392 > (503)754-4452 www.obnosis.com > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >