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Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> writes:

> On Monday, July 11, 2016 at 1:28:54 PM UTC-6, Ibmekon wrote:
>> A very sensitive area, for some.
>> For example, this is Linus Tovalds ...
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> The idea that
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> is awful and horrible is hardly even worthy of comment. I think it's time to 
> take Linux and fork the kernel. While Mr. Torvalds certainly deserves our 
> gratitude, clearly we now should simply leave him alone until he finds the help 
> he needs and gets better.
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> John Savard

There's an aphorism that states the less important the outcome, the more
fervent the partisanship.