On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 14:36 -0500, Sid Dabster wrote:
--- Simo Sorce simo.sorce@xsec.it wrote:
On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 19:36 -0500, Sid Dabster wrote:
*** Proposal for a FLOSS/Linux Political Party ***
A political party would be the worst move ever.
- Political parties tends to make enemies in other
parties, that will make our cause isolated to a tiny group of "fanatics". We may loose the support currently being given us by nearly all parties.
On the positive side it will give us a voice, as most people and politician have not heard of us yet.
Ok, I did not meant to start a flame, but "us" who?
I think you see the community too much as a whole and think it is a single coherent mind. It's not. Free Software IS not politically colored. I know people that truly believe in free software that come from the most different political backgrounds and orientation.
What would you do, once elected on (99%) matters that do not regard free software and Linux?
Now, on your point, we DO HAVE a voice, we do not need a party to lobby for free software, and we already do it (at least here in Italy we do).
Simo.