On November 5, 2022 4:10:57 AM UTC, Arnt Karlsen <arnt@???> wrote:
>On Fri, 04 Nov 2022 20:25:57 +0000, Simon wrote in message
><F5AA5C76-494B-4295-8B6F-7698D1AA7B9E@???>:
>
>> On November 4, 2022 7:30:46 PM UTC, Antony Stone
>> <Antony.Stone@???> wrote:
>> >On Friday 04 November 2022 at 20:12:58, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
>> >
>> >> https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/26/tightening_linux_boot_process_micr
>> >> osoft_poettering/?
>> >
>> >> https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/03/version_252_systemd/?utm_source=da
>> >> ily&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_content=top-article
>> >
>> >> 2 great old "science fiction" novels turned general history
>> >> lessons on totalitarian German speaking vanity war makers: ;o)
>> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World
>> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four
>> >
>> > Thanks for heads-up.
>> >
>> > With all due respect to your Subject line, however, those novels
>> > were written by Aldous Huxley and Eric Blair (better known as George
>> > Orwell) :)
>
>..amaaazing how I managed to read "George Orwell" as "Orson Welles",
>thanks for correcting me, I also managed to miss adding this fine link
>to my post: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarian_personality
>
>>
>> Perfect for Friday night. I laughed at how silly some people are, but
>> it's actually pretty serious. What's that recent scifi film with the
>> class based society? I can't remember the name... "Hunger Games"..?
>> Oh not so recent. I'm showing my age. Maybe ideas were borrowed from
>> "Brave New World".
>
>.."maybe." Just look at how those cheap to produce crime and reality
>TV shows, and Fox "News" etc prepped you all for the "all but inevitable
>neccessity of WWIII", etc, etc.
>
>> Don't be quiet.
>
>..some of us also needs to consider the tactics... so, VOTE!!!,
>or you'll make me live in the oldest surviving democracy for a
>wee while. I now live in the 2'nd oldest democracy and it is
>upon you yankees to keep your democracy alive.

You is a pronoun for a the 2nd person. I hope I have this simple grammar correct. In that case I don't know who you're talking to. Or your jumping to conclusions.

I ain't no yank. ;)

>> Thank you,
>>
>> Simon


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