On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 05:55:52AM -0600, Duncan Patton a Campbell wrote:
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> On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 06:44:48 +0000
> Jacob Meuser <jakemsr@sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
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> > On Sat, Jan 05, 2008 at 08:39:35PM -0600, Duncan Patton a Campbell wrote:
> > > On Sat, 5 Jan 2008 17:28:39 -0800 (PST)
> > > Reid Nichol <rnichol_rrc@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Well OpenBSD is fine here.  But, are you sure about RMS?  Because he
> > > > has been contradicting himself all over the place in this thread alone.
> > > 
> > > Richard appears to be falling into a "single point of failure" setup.  
> > > Its like the "Drug Czar" concept where a single man is given enormous
> > > powers and his individual weaknessess, however small and insignificant, 
> > > become a mechanism for prying open the whole system.
> > 
> > not the same at all.  RMS is not an appointed figurehead.  he is the
> > founder of the system he represents.
> > 
> > the only setup is Richard's own inability to be convincingly accurate
> > and consistent.  that is neither small nor insignificant.
> > 
> 
> "Some men are born to greatness, some achive greatness, 
> and some have greatness thrust upon them."
> 
> Power is power, all the same.

maybe, but that's not the point.

the logic of the system is much more closely tied to the logic
of the founder of that system than the logic of a figurehead
that was appointed long after the creation of the system.

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> Dhu
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