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From: David Lamb <dalamb@cs.queensu.ca>
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Subject: Re: the Olson Timezone Database
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On 15/02/2012 7:53 AM, Eric Sosman wrote:
> On 2/14/2012 11:41 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
>> On Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:01:14 -0500, Eric Sosman
>> <esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
>> someone who said :
>>> I hope you will post a retraction here, and remove the "Burn
>>> their houses down" message from your site.
>>
>> What I said is already far milder than what I think. This sort of
>> behaviour in inexcusable, and in the service of ASTROLOGY!!! splutter!
>
> You promote vandalism. That's all I need to know.

I can't condone vandalism either, but if Roedy had said "let's use 
whatever legal means we can find to fight back" I'd have agreed 
enthusiastically. Creating/joining an Olson Database Legal Defence Fund 
might make sense.