lewie@EE.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (Jeff Lewis) (06/14/89)
from Benson I. Margulies: > And while I'm annoyed: when is the FSF going to remove the > anti-semitic illustration from the cover of the emacs manual? The > supposed software hoarder could be copied from any number of Nazi > cartoons in the museum of them in Jerusalem. from reply by George J. Carrette: > Also, your reference to the biblical zealots is way off base. It would > be more accurate to compare FSF followers with the followers of new > testament figures. 1. I see no reference to biblical zealots in the above paragraph. In fact, the word biblical doesn't even appear except in your posting. The zealots referred to are *Nazi*, not christian. The reference as I see it is to the ignorant portayal of Jews as being 'hoarders' by Nazi propagandists. I'm sure someone will point out that there's no anti-semitic intention and that the similarity is only coincidental. The cover artwork, is, however a nice piece of propaganda, albeit, I've always thought harmless, which portrays a similar slander against the supposed software 'hoarders.' 2. In what sense would a comparison of FSF followers with new testament followers make sense other than, perhaps, in 'religious' fervor? --Jeff Lewis lewie@ee.ecn.purdue.edu