[LINK] Oracle & Open Source

[Kim Holburn]

On 2006 Aug 04, at 2:40 PM, Deus Ex Machina wrote:
> here we can see just how superficial the veneer of care and  
> compassion we find in lefties
> being demonstrated with such aplomb.

Dealing With Communism in the Workplace
http://www.adequacy.org/public/stories/2001.11.20.131313.36.html

> These days, when you hear about problems in the "work environment",  
> it's usually something silly like ergonomics, employees who play  
> their radios too loudly, or fabricated leftivist gobbledygook like  
> the "glass ceiling." All of these frivolities can distract  
> attention away from real problems in American workplaces, and it is  
> in that spirit that I pose the following question to the readership  
> of Adequacy.org:
>
> What is a decent person to do when you find out that you are  
> working with a Communist?
> 	
> I was originally going to submit this as a diary entry, but I  
> changed my mind when I began to contemplate the seriousness of this  
> topic. This is something that can (potentially) affect us all, and  
> I want to have a frank and (hopefully) productive discussion with  
> Adequacy readers about this situation, and what can be done to  
> rectify it.
>
> This whole thing started when my software development team and I  
> decided to go out for dinner and drinks after work in order to  
> celebrate a recent software release. We had worked hard on it for  
> several months, and I thought it would be an excellent opportunity  
> to have some fun, blow off some steam, and discuss the months  
> ahead. After an excellent meal, almost everybody left. The only  
> people that remained were myself and another developer who has been  
> on the team for several months now. We retired to the lounge,  
> ordered a few beers, and spent an hour or so "shooting the breeze."
>
> With a course of a few minutes, the talk turned to politics. It was  
> then that I learned the horrible and sordid truth about this  
> person. He supports the Social Security, welfare, and unemployment  
> entitlement programs. He voluntarily redistributes a portion of his  
> income to such non-church entities as the Electronic Frontier  
> Foundation, the ACLU, and the Red Cross. He has no problem with  
> "gay" people. He supports the rampant federalization of airline  
> security workers, and the general expansion of the United States  
> government. And he voted for Al Gore (!) in the last presidental  
> election.
>
> Through all this, I smiled and nodded politely, though I could have  
> just as easily leaped across the table and strangled him. This  
> country has got servicemen in active duty right now, fighting to  
> protect us from the very "values" that he represents ... yet he has  
> the unmitigated gall to spit on the principles that the nation was  
> founded upon, ruining what was otherwise a pleasant dinner. I  
> looked at my watch, mumbled something about having to get home, and  
> left. On the way to my car, I kicked a trash can approximately 50  
> feet, spraining three toes in the process.


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