FC4t2 no good without LILO

[Guy Fraser]

On Wed, 2005-13-04 at 19:55 -0700, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-04-13 at 17:39 -0700, Mike Bird wrote:
> > 
> > Those who automatically assumed that Guy's "tard" referred to the
> > irrelevant secondary concept of mental retardation rather then the
> > relevant primary characteristic of slow Grub development should review
> > their prejudices.
> 
> I know he was referring to Red Hat employees and Grub developers.
> However the term he chose to degrade them with is a term used (or was
> used at one time) to describe a set of the populace.  This is what I
> take offense to, the idea that these people are so terrible, that it is
> an insult to call somebody else by that name.  If you don't see this as
> a problem, then I guess you can't change the ignorant.
> 

That may be true where you come from, but we are a little more 
conservative here, and don't like to pick on vulnerable people.

Since the people being referred to, are the only ones capable 
of making the changes and seem to believe they are Omnipotent 
beings, you would not believe such a group would be considered 
vulnerable.

What term would you prefer that I use since the one I used 
must mean something else where you are?

Maybe it's a dialect thing, but just because a word sounds 
similar to a derogatory term, does not mean it is related.
For instance : In North America the cover over a cars 
engine is a hood, in the UK it is a bonnet. In North
America a ruffian is also called a hood, but in the UK 
they are not referred to as a bonnet. If you know anybody 
in Australia ask them what a root is, I'll give you a hint 
it is not part of a tree.

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