[Wine] Re: Windows vs Linux

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Philipp Klaus Krause wrote:
> Daniel Skorka wrote:
> > Molle Bestefich <molle.bestefich at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> http://shelleytherepublican.com/2006/04/linux-european-threat-to-our-computers.html
> >>
> >> Quotes:
> >>> And guess what software Osama Bin Laden uses on his laptop?
> >>>
> >>> If you guessed it was Linux you would be 100% right.
> >>> Next time somebody asks you how Al Queda agents pay for their
> >>> rifles and rocket launchers, you can tell them that foreign hackers
> >>> make software called Linux which helps them steal from Americans.
> >> And here I thought that Osama got his money from the Americans for
> >> helping them out long ago.  Turns out they've just been stealing it.
> >> Using Linux!
> >
> > Wow. Truly amazing. I used to wonder how people could actually believe
> > in conspiracies about the moon landing. Now I just wonder how they
> > manage to keep breathing...
>
> To me http://shelleytherepublican.com/ looks as if it's satirical.
> On the other hand when I first heard the song "Die Partei hat immer
> Recht" I thought it was satirical, too.

I'm afraid it's not. I've only spent about three minutes on it, but I
can't find any hint of satire. Shelly is a 28-year-old female Christian
working in the non-profit sector who holds stomach-turningly right-wing
nationalist views (I really don't understand how Christians can be
right wing, when everything Jesus taught was socialist). Sadly this is
not uncommon in the good ol' US of A. For example:

http://www.shopmetrospy.com/

There's a sight I could have sworn was ironic. Except it's not.

Oh dear. 

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