Fwd: Most 'Free' Linux distro

[Garreau, Alexandre]

On 2014-07-29 at 23:03, Mauricio Nascimento wrote:
> On 2014-07-29 22:13, Garreau, Alexandre wrote:
>>> On 2014-07-29 20:36, Werner Koch wrote:
>>>> On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:11, galex-713 at galex-713.eu said:
>>>>> not to refuse all GFDL stuff but to accept only “100% free” things, even
>>>>> when the freedom provided is useless (like the right to modify
>>>>
>>>> Well, there are different opinions on whether freedom is useless or
>>>> useful.  It sometimes depends on where you are currently living.
>>>> Guantanamo or Moscow.
>>>
>>> Freedom is never useless. It gives you the opportunity to make your own
>>> choices rather than just have someone else decide for you.
>>
>> Ok, so can we say the freedom to change a truth to a lie is a freedom?
>
> Yes ... "Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority." - Francis
> Bacon -<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daughter_of_Time#cite_note-1>
> Most of the time the truth is relative according to your own perception
> of the facts.

Completely right, you made me reconsider my statement, actually
invariant sections are indeed an ethical issue. 

> For some God is the only truth, for others Love is the real truth. Some
> says God is Love, others say Love is Kindness.
> And all of them are right but none of them have the Truth because it is
> an abstraction.

And what’s about Science which would say “only sensible experience” ;)

>> Because in that case you’re making choice for someone else, the fact
>> changing truth.
>
> People are responsible to make their own choices.
> It is like the relation between the teacher and the student.
> The teacher can explain something to you, but he cannot understand it
> for you.

Good analogy, I keep it for later, it is really good…

> Sometimes I just want to participate in a good conversation.

:D
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