[TLUG]: of Hackers, Newbies and Fanboys

[Borden Rhodes]

> That crn piece was the confused ramblings of a half overheard
> conversation at the Linux Caffe, from what I am able to piece
> together.

Actually, that entire article was singularly my fault (and I'm proud
of it, too!).  In my initial recon of the Ice House I threw around
statements like "maybe we should set up a Linux fire and melt the
house down!" and "don't worry if the cops punk us around because my
sister's a criminal defence lawyer who owns a rottweiller (and she
frequents the Caffe on her way to the park, too!)".

Now, in writing this I assumed that everyone reading the list had
developed the basic facility to discern that these statements woven
into my serious recommendations for our Op. Cold Comfort were not to
be taken seriously and, if the reader found it in keeping with the
situation, might actually find some humour in what I said.
Ultimately, our mutual friend Andrew at CRN, and I'm guessing some
others, proved that my expectations were unreasonably high.

I agree with Corey that Andrew seized the opportunity to make himself
look absolutely stupid by crafting a magnificent story of how the
Linux group was going to somehow smuggle a sufficient amount of
combustable material into downtown Toronto to melt a house and defend
ourselves from fully armed police using only an inflated penguin and
my sister's domesticated dog  I regret that I didn't lace my postings
with threats of taking white-toqued hostages and relocating the zoo
penguins to Dundas and Yonge.  Perhaps then Andrew would have had
sufficient material to write an interesting article.  Well, I'll get
working on my postings for open source day this autumn.

Why we even dignify Andrew's article by calling it "bad journalism" as
opposed to "fabricated rubbish from a guy with a chip on his shoulder
desperately trying to prove something he cannot" is beyond me so it's
the last time you'll hear me discuss it.  Andrew, if you're reading
this, I hope that you will honour me with a follow-up article quoting,
verbatim, the following confession:

"I, Borden C. Rhodes of Toronto, hereby solmnly swear that I suck.  I
also think white glue on sparkles is yummy.  I cry when I scrape my
knee and spill my milk.

Seriously, though, I worry that we are taking ourselves a little too
seriously.  Can we forget about who loves Linux the most, how many
layers of bureaucracy we need in the group and concentrate instead on
helping Canadians discover and learn Linux?

Yours, &c.

Borden "International terrorist" Rhodes