On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:31:39 -0600 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote: > > It's a Very Big Universe, and I'm not hubristic (is that a word?) > > enough to make such a claim. > > For the Jesus-followers out there, he put it this way for the > know-it-alls, which agrees with Ron's take on matters: /"If you were > blind," Jesus told them, "you wouldn't have sin. ^ But now that you say, > 'We see'—your sin remains./ - John 9:41 > > And if "hubristic" is not a word, it should be; I like it. > and the Spaniards in central America used it when they read the bible aloud to the locals , then said that they are no longer knowledge-less innocents (blind in your words) and thus it is OK to kill them for not following the bible ... Personally I believe that everyone should have a right to decide what they want to do with the software and how to distribute it. My main gripes with M$ in that respect is not so much that it is a shitty software, but more with the fact that they force me to pay for it even if I don't want it or use it (came with my new laptop, and despite junking it as soon as the laptop was turned on, I'm still stuck with paying for it).