[Mageia-discuss] beta2 woes and no graphical root (tonyb)

TJ andrewsfarm at gmail.com
Thu Apr 12 00:47:21 CEST 2012


On 04/11/2012 01:27 PM, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> 2012/4/11 Anne Wilson<annew at kde.org>:
>>
>> On 10/04/12 20:53, Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote:
>>> On Tuesday 10 Apr 2012 10:57 my mailbox was graced by a message
>>> from Anne Wilson who wrote:
>>>> True indeed, but if someone wants to commit suicide we do have a
>>>> moral duty not to supply the gun and teach him how to load it.
>>>
>>> We may have a duty to point out to him that we think his idea is
>>> not good, but if he is decided, our duty then is to help him,
>>> including acting as kaishakunin if he asks us to.
>>>
>> Your idea of moral duty is obviously different from mine.  I doubt if
>> the law would see it your way either.
>>
>
> Depends on what you see in Mageia. Is Mageia a mere provider of a
> technical system who does not care further than uploading the
> software? If so we don't need to discuss questions, we don't need to
> give warnings about anything, etc. Or do we have a sense of moral duty
> which goes beyond that? I am happy to see the decision of Mageia
> showing that they care.
>
Whether I agree with the results or not, I get annoyed when people 
presume to do my risk assessments for me. I would rather do it myself in 
most cases. And this is one of those cases.

TJ



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