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[Fred A. Miller]

Derek Broughton wrote:
> On July 13, 2008 14:54:49 Fred A. Miller wrote:
>> saki wrote:
> 
>>> M$ have forced (through their monopoly position) numerous, non-compliant
>>> programmes onto practically/effectively every PC on the planet. This is
>>> bound to make people (who don't know better) believe that M$ IS
>>> computing and that everything they do must be fine, and IS, therefore,
>>> the standard.
>> That's part of the "ignorance is bliss" syndrome so prevalent in public
>> schools. 
> 
> What is?  Is it _not_ true that virtually every pc sold today has Windows 
> preinstalled?

Almost true in the USA. Outside the USA, that's not so true anymore.

>> But then, that's normal for liberals which are the majority in 
>> teachers.........ignore facts and morals.
> 
> You know, that's purely reprehensible.  I'm a liberal, quite capable of 
> recognizing a fact even if it's not actually staring me in the face, and I'll 
> hold my morals up to anybody's.  Of course, we likely won't agree on which 
> morals are correct.

Probably not. MOST liberals I know and run into, MANY in academia, are 
more concerned about dogma than anything else.

Fred

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