Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail
From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: OT ; Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: 3 Oct 2024 02:10:14 GMT
Lines: 20
Message-ID: <lm6co5Fe1duU2@mid.individual.net>
References: <pan$96411$d204da43$cc34bb91$1fe98651@linux.rocks> <vd5195$edas$1@dont-email.me> <59CJO.19674$MoU3.15170@fx36.iad> <vd6vto$r0so$1@dont-email.me> <iJEJO.198176$kxD8.81657@fx11.iad> <3hOdnWpQ649QMGr7nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@earthlink.com> <vd8doi$15q07$1@dont-email.me> <vd8eg7$15v1j$2@dont-email.me> <cxicnVzg_cn_eGX7nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@earthlink.com> <vdapbn$1kp35$5@dont-email.me> <lltpunF4fseU2@mid.individual.net> <1smdnSjX3YoxgWf7nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com> <llv30aFa6uvU3@mid.individual.net> <vdegh3$29fjc$1@dont-email.me> <851708060.749423067.699188.peter_flass-yahoo.com@news.eternal-september.org> <vdfciv$2dsh2$5@dont-email.me> <lm2vc3Fsii5U3@mid.individual.net> <vdhreq$2t1fi$9@dont-email.me> <lm3q5iF22lmU1@mid.individual.net> <vdid9i$3380h$5@dont-email.me> <lm4b3dF4bfnU3@mid.individual.net> <vdj0c1$35s7u$1@dont-email.me> <lm5bn4F93p4U6@mid.individual.net> <vdjura$39db1$16@dont-email.me> <lm602dFbv9iU4@mid.individual.net> <vdkmdn$3e4pf$3@dont-email.me>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Trace: individual.net GopDBDmY39etNUbeRp20lwUu1n8/51lhxvtKUv/y0HdoSxNPS2
Cancel-Lock: sha1:U3VNnfhtKwcMkt5JhJBpM0FAzEE= sha256:sxwmUEprUo+bRlPOI393xycwo/tC4DZH9YC2Yq5OePc=
User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba)
Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:227466 comp.os.linux.misc:58967

On Wed, 2 Oct 2024 23:53:27 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> On 2 Oct 2024 22:33:49 GMT, rbowman wrote:
> 
>> The problem with democracy, or most forms of government for that
>> matter,
>> is it doesn't scale well.
> 
> India manages to run a democratic system with about 4× the population of
> the USA.

While i think Modi is an effective leader people who are not in the BJP, 
particularly Muslims, might not agree. I can imagine your comments if 
Trump ran on a platform of Christian nationalism and passed an analog of 
the Citizenship Act of 2019.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_(Amendment)_Act,_2019

At least Modi has the foresight not to use Sikh bodyguards if you're 
planning to trash the Golden Temple.