User talk:Kirrus

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Well, Kirrus,

We may not like the world you live in but the reality is is that it is a harsh one. It seemed appararent that one person who was continuously reversing my edits and making threats had this little gem to offer to me today regarding what Wikipedia is for and how it should be run:

WP:UNDUE is talking about controversial minority views. This article is of a completely different nature. It is talking about different subcultures, not about questions with different answers and controversial views. I already told you that I disagree strongly with your authoritarian, justificationist views on culture and the world. You ignored that. There is no such thing as reliability or measuring scales or whatever; and these things have nothing whatsoever to do with objectivity. There can be no question about the relevance of the open source/free software hacker culture; basically half the Internet runs with software created by hackers and almost all companies, governmental organizations, and a growing number of individuals in all parts of the world use software created by hackers. I answer to your questions by using your style of thinking: The United States is the ultimate, imperial authority on the English language. It is the defining culture of the English speaking world. It provides a verified, proven, authoritative and definitive understanding of words that you and your inferior country are obliged to accept. The United States is the most significant country in the world, by means of language, education system, government, policies, currency, etc. Your country, and other English speaking countries, or other countries in general are insignificant, unimportant and irrelevant compared to that. How the word is understood in the United States hence has priority; and how it is understood in other countries is relevant only when it comes to nuances. As already said, this would be the answer using your style of thinking. Not the style of thinking that I prefer. --rtc (talk) 13:40, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

You don't have to respond to this comment - it's purely for your information. Racism and 3rd-reich style superiority complexes like this are, I feel, probably only the tip of the iceberg. You said you were wanting to get heavily into Wikipedia. I trust this is heavy enough for you?

Andrew81446 (talk) 01:21, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

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Andrew81446 (talk) 06:29, 20 February 2008 (UTC)