no wedding band??

[Keith Smith]

I take a holistic approach to these things because I think they are all 
related.  I had a preacher (Christian) friend tell me about 7 years ago 
that politics does not belong in the church.  Interestingly enough 
politics is all that is in the church today - external politics.

Nothing happens in a vacuum. Most people want to compartmentalize their 
lives.  We see today that does not work, in fact it has created the very 
environment we are in today.

Lets look at two things that are not related to Open Source and see how 
they would effect Linux in a major way.

Lets say the the Government decided to modify the First Amendment and 
say you must now be Amish and live an Amish lifestyle.  Say good bye to 
Open Source.... Computers, T.V., Cellular... etc. In Dearborn Michigan 
they are fastly  approaching implementing Sharia Law.  I'll bet that 
will effecting the Open Source movement in Dearborn.  I'll bet it is 
effecting a lot more than Open Source.

And one real possibility is taxation.  What if the Gov decided, which in 
reality is coming, to tax Open Source software.  Open Source threatens 
the tax and spend mentality of most government organizations so taxing 
Open Source is coming. Taxing Open Source could severely damage the 
community.

You may want to compartmentalize, and 20 years ago you probably could 
have, today - not so much.




On 2015-08-29 10:09, Jerry Snitselaar wrote:
> Politics as it relates to technology, linux in particular, might be
> okay for this list, but it should be kept to the policies and not the
> personalities involved. The original post that started this thread
> though has no place on this list.
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