Re: Concerns/questions around Software Heritage Archive

[Attila Lendvai <attila@lendvai.name>]

> only a 35 yrs old white cis boy

you're judging a group of individuals, namely those who were handed the cis white male mix at the genetic lottery, as a uniform blob. and maybe even somewhat deplorable, if i'm reading your right.

does it make sense to judge an individual based on some coincidental properties? or really, based on anything else than their actions? does it make sense to discuss the actions/morality of a group of individuals that is formed based on some coincidental properties? e.g. what can we say about the morality of all the blond people?

and ultimately, is that an effective way of speaking up for human rights and welcoming environments -- of all things?

maybe it's time to take a thorough look at the book that you're preaching from?

if i may, let me attempt to inspire you:

“The world is changed by your example, not by your opinion.”
	— Paulo Coelho (1947–)
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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
	— Rumi (1207–1273)
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“If there is to be peace in the world,
There must be peace in the nations.
If there is to be peace in the nations,
There must be peace in the cities.
If there is to be peace in the cities,
There must be peace between neighbors.
If there is to be peace between neighbors,
There must be peace in the home.
If there is to be peace in the home,
There must be peace in the heart.”
	— Lao Tzu (sixth century BC)
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“A man of humanity is one who, in seeking to establish himself, finds a foothold for others and who, in desiring attaining himself, helps others to attain.”
	— Confucius (551–479 BC)
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“To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.”
	— Confucius (551–479 BC)
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“Until we have met the monsters in ourselves, we keep trying to slay them in the outer world. And we find that we cannot. For all darkness in the world stems from darkness in the heart. And it is there that we must do our work.”
	— Marianne Williamson (1952–), 'Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness And Making Miracles' (2004)
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“If things go wrong in the world, this is because something is wrong with the individual, because something is wrong with me. Therefore, if I am sensible, I shall put myself right first”
	— Carl Jung (1875–1961), 'The Meaning of Psychology for Modern Man'

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