From: Rui Miguel Seabra (rms@1407.org)
Date: Sun Aug 11 2002 - 14:36:20 EDT
On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 06:08:55PM +0100, Alan Horkan wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Aug 2002, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 02:31:48AM +1000, Martin Sevior wrote:
> > > This is not appropriate for this list. Yell all you like on #abiword.
> > I did. And I got a teeny bit of the foul smell of christian fundamentalism.
> Bullshit.
> You are being an ass.
> I tried not to respond but I have no idea how you managed to infer that
> from my comment. You insult me.
From * (see below).
> > Religious beliefs are the cause for millions of deaths along the history
> > of human kind.
> Most religions are peace loving and a few zealots do crazy things in the
> name of religion that go against the very principles of the religions they
> claim to uphold.
From the crusades and Galileu to birth control and aids prevention. The
results of the recent votes about the rights of OTHER people that both
our countries have had have shown how !few are the zealots (around half
the voting population).
> > Today, still a lot of people kill and destroy in name of this god or
> > that one, and that plays a huge part of the reasons I'm quite agnostic
> > (but not arrogant enough to be atheistic).
> > The christian church, for one hand, has enough propaganda already.
> The "christian church", there is no single christian church. The Roman
> Catholic Church has some serious problems but dont judge all of
> christianity by the flaws of the Roman Catholic Church.
s/christian church/any Church/g that's what I meant. Luckily
I don't care enough to be able to distinguish the minor differences.
> > ps: I wouldn't have minded if it was something like:
> > Topic for #abiword is Christian Pope to give first sermon on IRC - Check
> > www.news.site for more info | Diet Coke is for sissies
> huh? so you admit you dont really mind and your are just nitpicking.
No, I meant that to be #slashdot (but I forgot to change).
> The transcript from IRC for anyone who actually cares
> Sc0tt [~Scott@cliente-217-70-66-93.bragatel.pt] has joined #abiword
> Sc0tt [~Scott@cliente-217-70-66-93.bragatel.pt] has joined #gnome-office
> Sc0tt/#abiword waves
> <Sc0tt> fsck somebody give me op!
> <Sc0tt> the church's got enough propagand^H^H^H^H^H^Hmotion as it is!
>
> <Alan> you should have asked nicely and i would have given you op but
> church bashing and i wont
* here.
That was not bashing. Curiously enough, the part where I complained
about propaganda bashing my eyes was not here. But that may have been
due to some packet loss or net lag.
> mode/#abiword [+o plam] by Scrambler
> <Alan> someone wants to put a Hindu/Muslim/Buddist event as the topic for
> a day then i wont complain
> <Alan> but i am not giving you op just to let you change the topic
> <Alan> although i will voluntarily remove the bit about diet coke which i
> added
> <Alan> fjf posted the bit about the pope
> <Alan> i think
The parts below where meager attempts of being subtly funny...
Notice the smiley
> <Sc0tt> everyone, /j #abiwordprocessor ;)
> Sc0tt [~Scott@cliente-217-70-66-93.bragatel.pt] has left #abiword []
> <Alan> you are that desperate for op?
> Sc0tt [~Scott@cliente-217-70-66-93.bragatel.pt] has joined #abiword
notice the eek...
> <Sc0tt> ekk, still there
> Sc0tt [~Scott@cliente-217-70-66-93.bragatel.pt] has left #abiword []
> Sc0tt [~Scott@cliente-217-70-66-93.bragatel.pt] has joined #abiword
... and the hiss (as if it was a vampire or something)...
> Sc0tt/#abiword hisses like a mad cat
> Sc0tt [~Scott@cliente-217-70-66-93.bragatel.pt] has left #abiword []
Cheers,
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