I certainly don't agree. While Ubuntu is a great distro, and a breeze to install ( I still run it on a notebook, just upgraded to dapper drake), it can't match the power and diversity of regular Debian. Even now gcc-4 and Firefox on debian Etch are ahead of Ubuntu. Certain packages are just plain behind (like xchm, to name one). No blame, because the Debian universe is really big.

But apart from that (and I might be wrong about those: I run a few experimental packages, which might have upgraded those I named), Debian is all about free software, and has a great community. Something Ubuntu luckily recognizes (and shares). So far, I see no reason Debian and Ubuntu can't coexist.

And of course, Debian still has the Anarchy-FAQ and -guides in its repositories (just to show where it stands on freedom, a concept more and more Americans should re-evaluate.