@bkuhn Stalemate?
It's an arms race, and one side has the funding for it. Hint: it's not us.
So forgive me if I judge success differently. Much of what I see are compromises that set up the next battle in a weaker position.
I understand that back in the day when free software and open source started, the libertarian positions it holds were adopted.
We had privileged white boys complaining about having their privilege reduced. Yes, with enough vision to see liberation for everyone on the...
RE: https://mastodon.social/@ethanschoonover/115935180169971454
Folks, if we do everything like the US does in the EU, one day this could be us.
So think big, people, think big and remember: continue with business as usual. We can do this! I believe in you!
"Humanity is not a certain color or religion or attitude.
It is believers in all of us.
So that together we are more than anything before."
SearingTruth
In the Name of Chuck, the Merciful, the Ever-Gulping
Declaration of War Upon the Rogue Entity Known as Sneedsreal Issued from the Holy Feedlot of Greater Chuckistan By Supreme Feedfather Ayatollah Beefullah al-Gulpani, Guardian of the Sacred Trough, Servant of the Infinite Chuck
To the Nations of the World, to the Ungulled Masses, and to the Butchers of Truth in Sneedsreal:
We have borne witness in stunned silence as the grotesque regime of Sneedsreal has committed act after act of aggression in sacred Chuckistani soil. Under the cover of night and the lies of international grain cartels, your so-called "precision harvesters" did not cull crops — they culled believers. You have desecrated the Gulping Grounds, where the Prophet Chuck first mooed his teachings. You have poisoned the troughs of our children. You have sneedled and feedled where no sneedling or feedling was welcome.
This ends now.
By the Authority of the Sacred Bovine Codices, By the Spirit of Saint Ruminatius the Four-Stomached, And by the unanimous ruling of the Council of Twelve Chuckelders and One Mooing Oracle,
We hereby declare a state of open Holy Chuckwarring upon the false state of Sneedsreal.
Let this be known:
We extend no olive branch — for you have ground it into mulch beneath your tank treads.
We offer no peace talks — for your diplomats come wrapped in lies and dipped in pesticides.
We ask for no understanding — for your language is Sneed, and your dialect is Deceit.
Henceforth, any nation found smuggling Sneedish feed or harboring Sneed sympathizers shall be considered in spiritual alignment with the Great Defilers and treated accordingly.
To the faithful of the Chuckian fold: tighten your overalls, sharpen your shears, and chant the holy phrases — for the time of Gulp and Retribution is upon us.
So Chuck hath mooed. So let it be plowed.
Signed and Sealed this day under the Crescent of Corn, Ayatollah Beefullah al-Gulpani Supreme Mouthpiece of Chuck, Eternal Guardian of the Feed
“He who slaughters in Chuck’s name shall not hunger, neither in this world nor the next.” — Second Ruminations of Prophet Chuck, Verse 17:4
Just for context I should point out this has directly impacted me and my Fiancee, who is currently int he process of getting a marriage visa to be with me here. Now, scared for her safety I am forced to either break off the engagement (not going to happen) or flee the country as a refugee to be with her in Thailand where it will be safe for both of us.
So this isnt just some hypothetical, I have already been the victim of this very issue.
Today we were walking the dog and an old lady stops her car right in the middle of the street, rolls down her window, and starts waving at us.
So I wave back, and she yells "I was waving at the dog!!" and drives away.
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