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That's exactly right.

I'm reasonably sure that the passengers on those doomed 9/11 flights sat back and thought about the fat settlement cheques that they were going to get from the airlines for "mental anguish and emotional distress".

Not that I blame them - nobody thought that they were going to be flown into a freaking building. If they'd had any idea, I'm sure they would have rushed the terrorists. Now, the passengers are more likely to say, "fuck it, I'm dead anyway but if we take him out we've got a chance."

I also think that Flight 93 was shot down, and I don't blame the US for doing that either. I understand the "let's roll" cover story that let the folks on the plane die as heroes. Of course, I don't think the passengers had time to watch the news, call their families, and say goodbye.

I doubt more than one person wrote this offtopic, flamebait thread. I know because I have been playing the dreadfully easy, multiple account game. It would not surprise me to learn that you work for M$ or some kind of PR firm under their hire but it does not matter. No one here cares or listens, except to reflect, "Yeah, that's what M$ does to people who bad mouth them."

I'm happy to make you and your employer angry. I do it by showing up M$ BS and running around your censorship and insults. Sooner or later your employer will realize you are a waste of money.

The bottom line is that you are worse than ineffective, you are counter productive. You are on the losing side the free software battle and making things worse for yourself. Insult and disruption are empty. At the end of the day, you have nothing - not even a censored or upset victim. Worse, your work won't make the product your employer needs to survive. It just creates animosity towards them. The more you spam, the more people hate you.

I'll be here when you are gone. I'll be talking about all of the same things people like to talk about now - but the discussion will be much nicer without M$ shitting on those things and the conversation.