From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,dbd35bb508093bd9 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-12-15 20:58:15 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!washdc3-snf1!news.gtei.net!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamfinder.gnilink.net!nwrddc01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Hyman Rosen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.3a) Gecko/20021210 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT Hatred (was Re: New Ada compiler for .NET) References: <3DEA5CC0.6B435E66@adaworks.com> <3df55f03_2@news.tm.net.my> <1039531607.289271@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <1039558453.132840@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 04:58:13 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 162.83.250.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrddc01.gnilink.net 1040014693 162.83.250.34 (Sun, 15 Dec 2002 23:58:13 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 23:58:13 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:31871 Date: 2002-12-16T04:58:13+00:00 List-Id: Michal Nowak wrote: > At least it is better than standing inactively and allow > the enemy to smash you. It doesn't matter. The universe doesn't give you extra points for effort. > Maybe there will be... There will when the world is run by Pax Americana or something similar - a worldwide organization with a powerful military force and the will to use it when someone gets uppity. Ultimately, "might makes right" is the only way in which anything can be organized, because force is the only answer to someone who refuses to follow the rules.