Andy Stone wrote:
I came to Ubuntu for technical reasons
That's good, because it's a most important quality. :-)
with how Ubuntu and the community are really going for the big one -
trying to bring folk together in a spirit of hope and co-operation.
It is very important to try provide community with a place to grown.
People find Ubuntu thier POV, despite thier normal religion and belives.
ridiculousness over the excellent Warty artwork. I'll explain via a
slight digression:
It will. First, even if I think im open to others, I was quite amazed
with people response to Human artwork. That was a lerning experience,
and I guess everyone got something out of it.
different set of rules to those of your neighbour.
Fine law, then, maybe. But it won't fly today. I'm a pagan, as you, so
my set of rules in life is quite simple. Imagine what would happend if
all voilent religions would got a law, that would let them set laws
according to religion. The River of Blood.
Children must not wear religious clothing to schools.
To be honest, I'm all up for that. Schools are place when I go to
learn stuff. It's no place for showing how much you love Jesus, Allah or
Hekate. I'm libertarian, so I belive in thing called contract: if there
a writen rule for dress code, you have to follow it, or leave the
school. Just as simple as that.
Also, I've been working in a ground school for year and a half. If
people are alowed to dress whatever they like, poor kids are a target of
joke, because surly, they can not have new Addidas, make up or whatever.
Small kids don't think: Fu*k you all, I have mind of my own, I'm better
at math/language/art that you, and all you have is stuff that your
parents buy. They think: I'm hopeless and my place is in a dumpster.
rarely see my views represented, and to be told other peoples beliefs as
though they were fact (Christ died for you, etc.)
I don't find it rude. If someone belive that Jesus died for thier sins
on the cross, he state it as a *fact* from his POV. I saw lots of
signatures that Jesus was a fag/homo/nazi/communist/whatever. For
signature holders this was a fact, too.
Religions aren't based on facts. They are based on belives.
I saw as a personal
attack.
See. Now you're trying to do, what you told us to avoid. Signature is
like a wearing cross at school. :-)
fear-based niggles of a minority regarding the afore-mentioned artwork.
There's a rule, if they fear it, they fight with it. ;-)
Where I live snowdrops have appeared - the first sign of
the returning year. This seems fitting to me
Nice pagan analogy. :-)
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Emil Oppeln-Bronikowski
http://opi.pegasos.pl http://ubuntulinux.org
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