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Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 21:48:03 +0100
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On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:17:28 +0100, D wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 10 Nov 2024, rbowman wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 12:26:05 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Linux just kicked out all the Russian contributors.
>>>
>>> Torvalds doubled down by accusing anyone who disagreed of being a
>>> Russian troll. He would have been better off staying silent or pointing
>>> out the US location of the foundation.
>>
>> He has lost a lot of credibility after attending woke courses. Could
>> also be that he is being blackmailed... "Say this or we'll kick you
>> out".
>
> He did point out he is a Finn and they have a fraught relationship with
> Russia. Finland is one of those countries that would rather not discuss
> WWII. After the Winter War they allied with Germany for the Continuation
> War against the Soviets and then made a separate peace with the Soviets
> and entered into the half-hearted Lapland War as the Germans retreated to
> Norway. After WWII the relationship with the Soviets was complicated until
> 1991. They're feeling more secure these days and are anti-Russian.
>

True. That reminds me of a finnish army guy who first fought the 
russians in the finnish army, then joined the nazis, and fought russians 
together with them, then joined the US and fought in the Vietnam war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauri_T%C3%B6rni#Career

But let us see if the natural philosopher will poo-poo on this as well, 
since I'm sure only he knows the truth about Lauri Törni in the end. ;)
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