On Wed, Feb 04, 2015 at 02:22:58PM -0300, hellekin wrote:
> On 02/02/2015 12:37 PM, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote:
> > On Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:22:45 -0500
> > Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@???> wrote:
> >
> >>> Only remains to prove the talibans of systemd that resistance is not futile...
> >
> >> Is not ISIL a better analogy?
> >
> > Grovelling apologies, but I have difficulties distinguishing shades in that region of the spectrum...
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Ron.
> >
>
> Let me help you. After all, I'm a free software talib. (see my twitter)
>
> Talib: singular, a student.
> Taliban: plural, more than one talib.
>
> Using Talib or Taliban as a derogatory term is Newspeak straight from
> the War Propaganda 101 operative manual. Instead of considering a
> human, you consider an enemy. The enemy is the devil. The enemy has a
> face, but not necessarily a name (that would make it too close to you.)

And this is how hapless words change their meaning when they migrate
to new languages.

-- hendrik