[Reader-list] Re: Reader-list digest, Vol 1 #127 - 2 msgs

[Joy Chatterjee]

First of all, I am talking about India, not US and what US is I am least 
interested to know. And who carries what; caste and race; work 
intensity&work culture;  my country/your country these are many debatable 
issues, lets not get into it.

I think to fight evil one should not go back to evil and complain against 
another evil. I think that is more than stupidity and shallowness.

"Free" software people should have clear idea what freedom is. Freedom of 
knowledge will be of no use till "Beer(Beer for product not drink)" is 
free. Who will make it free for them? US or Indian state? I teach a bunch 
of kids who live in such a place where poverty, disease and death live 
together. What freedom of information will do to them? And who will provide 
them the freedom of living? So I meant, talk of community when I said "that 
might help it to grow in indian society(not market)". Let MS and State 
dance around the market let us think about the society which has nothing to 
do with the market because they don't have money to participate the party 
of market econony.

Joy



At 11:19 AM 8/6/01 +0000, you wrote:






>Joy Chatterjee, you appear not to be aware of where you are. This is the 
>United States, NOT INDIA. Yes, it's perfectly permissible for worker 
>exploitation to exist in India. That culture supports a CASTE system. But 
>not here. NOT HERE. Toxic chemicals do not belong in the ground water. 
>Workers do not NEED to have to carry toxic chemicals home with this.
>
>The United States has a history of DEALING WITH labor issues. We are not a 
>complacent, docile, stupified people---not COMPLETEly and not YET.
>
>Please put aside your complacency. It is not appropriate in Ameican 
>society, and if you want to assimilate you have to learn to do your share 
>of identifying Evil and doing something about it.
>
>And then you wonder why native Americans have a grudge against 
>immigrants!  This is WHY--this kind of self-satisfied smugness!
>
>Yich.
>
>
>
>
> >
> >Message: 2
> >Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2001 12:31:17 +0530
> >To: Reader List
> >From: Joy Chatterjee
> >Subject: [Reader-list] (no subject)
> >
> >I was aware of this MS deal long back but I never found it necessary to
> >post it and make fuss about it. Corporates and states are made for each
> >other. I don't think that we need and able to compete with corporates.
> >
> >I have checked few organisations in West Bengal with whom we can start
> >dialogue regarding uaage of linux. And I think language is an ideal problem
> >and solution to counter this corporate attack to some extend. Linux need to
> >get in to indian language scenario that might help it to grow in indian
> >society(not market). Let the states and corporates do what they are doing.
> >Linux should not get into power politics corporate manupulation.
> >
> >Joy
> >
> >
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