Has /. become a tabloid ? (Score 2)

Guys,

Such practices of public information reaches
the bottom of ethics. This is no better than
MSNBC's coverage of the Monica's "scandal".

Slashdot was supposed to be a symbol of the
Linux community, an advocate for tolerance
and "stuff that matters".

There is always a bit of xenophobia in any
national information channel, and having an
out of context link to such information is often
like opening a Pandora box.

People lobbying for a French Meridian or
planting any nationalistic ideas into young
people's mind are all from the same vermin.
Those same people exist in all countries and
should be the our common enemy. They are the
same ones who say that you must pay for your
human basic needs (college, health care...
Operating System).

The Linux movement goes in the opposite
direction, and is of course immediately,
wrongfully and intentionally tagged with a
"commie" reputation.

Many people who commented today should
understand that in a certain context, humor is
a double-edged weapon and that an anonymous
flame can actually ignite things out of control.

The community is at a crucial stage of it's life.
Many eyes are directed to it while some of it's
most notorious names (RedHat, Cygnus, VAR)
are trying to control the delicate alchemy of
business and public service.

This is also valid for the SlashDot team and I
hope that those words will reach them in some
way.