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   Message 106,669 of 107,822   
   Chris Ahlstrom to Charlie Gibbs   
   Re: Left vs Wrong   
   27 Oct 24 07:38:54   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   Charlie Gibbs wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:   
      
   > On 2024-10-26, Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Fri, 25 Oct 2024 08:28:13 -0400, bad sector wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 10/24/24 18:25, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:40:59 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> But the whole mess is all part of people taking up *moral* positions.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> No, the whole mess is all part of people rationalizing their moral   
   >>>> positions based on religion. Keep your religion out of your morality,   
   >>>> and things become a lot simpler.   
   >>>   
   >>> The word 'religion' lost its clarity or use a long time ago ...   
   >>   
   >> I use it with a specific meaning: those who follow a holy book that tells   
   >> them their particular sky fairy is the only true sky fairy, all other sky   
   >> fairies are false.   
   >>   
   >> They can’t all be right on the first point; they can all be right on the   
   >> second.   
   >   
   >     Two men say they're Jesus; one of them must be wrong.   
   >       -- Dire Straits   
      
   "Industrial Disease", one of my favorite songs!   
      
       Now, warning lights are flashing down at quality control   
       Somebody threw a spanner, they threw him in the hole   
       There's rumors in the loading bay and anger in the town   
       Somebody blew the whistle, and the walls came down   
       There's a meetin' in the boardroom, they're tryin' to trace the smell   
       There's a leakin' in the washroom, there's a sneak-in personnel   
       Somewhere in the corridors someone was heard to sneeze   
       Goodness me, could this be industrial disease?   
      
       Caretaker was crucified for sleeping at his post   
       Refusing to be pacified, it's him they blame the most   
       Watchdog got rabies, the foreman got the fleas   
       Everyone concerned about industrial disease   
       There's panic on the switchboard, tongues in knots   
       Some come out in sympathy, some come out in spots   
       Some blame the management, some the employees   
       Everybody knows it's the industrial disease   
      
       Yeah, now the work force is disgusted, downs tools, walks   
       Innocence is injured, experience just talks   
       Everyone seeks damages, everyone agrees that   
       These are classic symptoms of a monetary squeeze   
       On ITV and BBC they talk about the curse   
       Philosophy is useless, theology is worse   
       History boils over, there's an economics freeze   
       Sociologists invent words that mean "industrial disease"   
      
   --   
   Debian Hint #39: Improve bash's tab-completion by installing the   
   bash-completion package.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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