In article <alpine.DEB.2.00.1304191529520.30436 at brioche.invalid.domain>,
Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net> writes:
On Fri, 19 Apr 2013, Richard wrote:
Tothwolf <tothwolf at concentric.net>
writes:
Maybe I'm the only one who gets annoyed with
this sort of remark though...
If it bothers you so much, then buy them.
[Since others won't know why Richard made this remark,
Apparently even you don't know why I made this remark. I make this
remark now because you said the above, on the 19th of April.
The rest of your message I'm not going to respond to because it has
nothing to do with my my remark quoted above. I am simply responding
to your comment.
If someone owns something, then it is theirs to dispose of in any way
they wish. That is what private property is all about. Should they
decide to sell it, scrap it, burn it, smash it with a sledge hammer
(VAX jousting, anyone?), that is their right and noone else has a
right to tell them any differently.
If you think that such things are precious and need to be protected,
then do something about it. Buy them yourself. Start a kickstarter
program to resuce them. Start an initiative to rescue them. Get
sponsors at so-many-cents-a-mile and run in a marathon race to raise
the money to save them. Cut lawns on weekends to raise a purchase
fund.
Anything.
Just don't go bitching to the mailing list and then expect someone
else to do it for you.
End of mini-rant.
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