Semantics

[John or Margaret Montgomery]

Hello folks,

I am using the heading  - 'semantics' because I know that words matter.

I am well aware that Linus used the infamous phrase in a playful, jesting manner. I have not felt some other users of the term, to be using it with tongue in cheek.

I find no humor in the phrase 'Self-appointed Benevolent Dictator For Life'. Mr. Shuttleworth may be the nicest person on earth but the dictator thing is real. Do we have any examples of a 'benevolent dictator'? The answer is yes, many times, for awhile but the benevolent adjective, sooner or later becomes a lie. I keep reading between the lines of Mr. Shuttleworth's statements and many on this list, that 'the ends justify the methods'.

Consider the word 'canonical'.  Have you looked up the definition for it in a good dictionary? There is something here which bothers me and I think, should bother more of you than it appears to do. 

All of the major Linux distributions have some form of democracy which underpins the company. Presidents can, and indeed. have been voted out. That can not happen with Canonical short of a palace junta. 

If Mr. Shuttleworth is so certain in his message of 'humanity', why is he so distrustful of his fellow human-beings? In fact, why is this list censored?

Let us have some fresh air!

Sincerely
John Montgomery
Let us have some fresh air