Re: Temujin

[Rob Adams <readams readams net>]

>From now on all releases should be named exclusively after cute, furry
things, such as bunnies, kittens, puppies, or chinchillas.

On Fri, 2003-09-12 at 08:46, Dmitry G. Mastrukov wrote:
> В ?? 12.09.2003, в 00:55, Dmitri Hrapof пишет:
> > > "Temujin"
> > > They were swift, precise, equipped with superior
> > > technology, ingenious in their approach to war, 
> > > keenly organised and consistently outnumbered - 
> > > not that it detracted from their exploits on the 
> > > battlefield.
> > 
> > First of all, let me thank you for your great work!
> > I'm truly devoted to GNU (associate member) & Open
> > Source & CORBA & GNOME.
> > But I'm also not completely ignorant of history.
> > The same words --- "swift, precise, etc." can ne said
> > about Nazi troops. After all, they fought the rest of
> > the world for 6 years, 1939-1945. Why hadn't you named
> > that release after Adolf Hitler?
> > I guess you haven't seen piles of bones found by
> > archeologists in burned cities: Moscow, Kiev, Ryazan,
> > Vladimir, Chernigov, etc. And there were also Chinese
> > cities, Asian cities, Georgian cities, Polish cities,
> > Korean cities, Arab cities, Iranian cities. And
> > genocide everywhere. Have you heard Russian folk songs
> > about Mongol invasion?
> > Hatred is bad feeling, but personally I feel nothing
> > but hatred about Temujin. :-(
> Yeah, I have similar bad feelings after reading annonunce. I was going
> to write something but Dmitri leave me behind.
> 
> Regards,
> Dmitry
> 
> 
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