Excerpts from Joshua Zeidner's message of Mon May 17 21:44:38 -0700 2010:
> To the rest,
>
>
> you're trying to tell me a few emails in your inbox is so absolutely
> painful you're going to throw a fit or something?
>
At the time of writing, this thread is 67 messages long. That's more than a
few. Easy to ignore in my GMail-style threaded email client, although it does
take about a minute to open this thread.
> no, you just don't like what is being said... but guess what- this
> issue is now front and center and as far as I'm concerned there is no
> controversy here if you are an concerned Arizonan.
>
It's not that we don't like it, or even that we don't care. It's simply the
wrong place, and therefore trolling.
We respect your political opinions, and many of us may even agree. But please,
not on plug-discuss. This is not your personal enraged-chain-mail-list, or your
television audience. This is a (shrinking) group of hobbyists and professionals
that like to talk about Linux.
>
> -jmz
>
> On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Tuna,
> >
> > We were discussing macro economic trends that effect all linux
> > developers as well as issues pertaining to Arizona and Linux. Just because
> > some deem the issue of illegal aliens to be out of bounds does not mean we
> > terminate the discussion whenever we arrive at the subject. Of course some
> > people don't like it being discussed. Those are the people who want to
> > prevent action from being taken. There are some of these people on this
> > thread. How can we discuss anything these days without addressing *what is
> > right in front of our faces every day*!?
> >
> > The fact is everyone, this country is in deep doo doo. It's not a
> > laughing matter. Anyone who was at the Sharpton rally will tell you that
> > these people are violent and they most certainly are un-american. Our state
> > is broke, as are many other states. Our ability to maintain our technology
> > sector will rely heavily on our ability to stabilize ourselves politically.
> > This means *your job*. It might even be an opportunity to position
> > ourselves profitably relative to California. Discussion is absolutely
> > critical to moving in the right direction. Don't let people blow the issue
> > out of proportion or try to turn it into some racial battleground.
> >
> > That being said, you may now return to complaining about COX service or
> > whatever other stuff is 'on topic'.
> >
> > -jmz
> >
> >
> > On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Tuna <tuna@supertunaman.com> wrote:
> >
> >> /| _______
> >> / | __-- --__ |\
> >> | \_-- --_ / |
> >> | ) \/ |
> >> \__/ /
> >> ) ________________,-`
> >> / 0 .. 0 |
> >> / /| | ,
> >> \ ,__ / | \/ |
> >> \ ```````````````````)
> >> \______________________/
> >> ILLEGAL ALIEN IS ILLEGAL
> >>
> >>
> >> I created this ascii art myself, and hereby release it into the public
> >> domain.
> >>
> >> Congrats, Zeidner.
> >>
> >> Excerpts from Joshua Zeidner's message of Sun May 16 12:54:33 -0700 2010:
> >> > Hello PLUG,
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I am wondering if anyone is switching off Apple products due to the
> >> recent
> >> > Los Angeles boycott of Arizona:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/05/12/20100512los-angeles-boycott-vo
> >> > te-over-arizona-immigration-law12-ON.html
> >> >
> >> > <
> >> http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2010/05/12/20100512los-angeles-boycott-v
> >> > ote-over-arizona-immigration-law12-ON.html>
> >> > Hopefully
> >> > they will choose Linux.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > -jmz
> >> >
> >>
> >> --
> >
> >
>
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