Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: alt.comp.os.windows-11,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Microsoft Is Abandoning Windows 11 SE Date: 15 Aug 2025 23:37:03 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <1071hb2$3qqje$2@toylet.eternal-september.org> <1071jbr$3ra8s$1@dont-email.me> <10746fg$h625$2@dont-email.me> <20250808081850.00002e14@gmail.com> <1075pla$ukab$1@dont-email.me> <20250808144937.000021b1@gmail.com> <10761aq$vv6o$3@dont-email.me> <10777f7$17kq4$8@dont-email.me> <6uqkmlxjb8.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <1079oe9$1ppd6$6@dont-email.me> <107ab26.3rg.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <3rkmmlxplv.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <107cipt$2g8mr$9@dont-email.me> <107f281$35moq$4@dont-email.me> <107gjq8$3iasj$2@dont-email.me> <107hljk$3pna1$10@dont-email.me> <107j3tc$5cu1$1@dont-email.me> <107kc0s$d4vh$8@dont-email.me> <107n6j3$12hcd$14@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net QXQPYvxe8de7aht3PLvjxQzTHUWJCLxI/gWs1AlrbPdMWHixNn Cancel-Lock: sha1:h57Kbl8u0UBwSXQbCSOk0ao7A3s= sha256:UTi03FPyFRNhf99nhN3VNCpVuqYhUKDak4LGWYmXEO8= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.os.windows-11:22241 comp.os.linux.misc:71291 On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:44:35 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > Forgetting the basic rule of democracy, that if you give the vote to > plebs because its part of your democratic ideology, you cant moan when > they elect someone else. https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/h-l-mencken-on-democracy-government-and- politics/ 7. Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. 9. As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. I really wish a modern day Mencken existed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Mencken