Nick Holland wrote:
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> Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
>> On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 07:09 -0400, Nick Holland wrote:
>>> GNUspeak:
>> These are definitely not the views of the GNU project. They *might* be
>> views of the self-styled "Linux nerds" that think they are "k00l" and
>> "eleet" because they read Slashdot, but to imply the GNU project
>> espouses these views is, quite frankly, slanderous.
> 
> Then why don't they fight it?
> Why isn't Stallman or Torvalds or other prominents standing up and
> saying, "This is wrong!  This is not what we are about!"


_VERY_GOOD_QUESTION_

Sometimes silence is golden.

Other times its just plain yellow.

(For those that have English as a 2nd language; "The color yellow has 
traditionally been associated with cowardice, treachery, inconstancy and 
jealousy." http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/myellowbellied.html)