Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them

On 14/05/2025 20:26, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2025-05-14, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
 

On Tue, 13 May 2025 11:21:34 +0100, Pancho wrote:
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Not really, these structures are not independent, they are dominated by
the establishment. They are designed to protect the establishment,
protect the powerful and entitled from mob rule.

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Is your standard of reference the USA? No wonder.
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Here in NZ, we just got rid our deputy chief of police, because of certain
unsavoury behaviour he was involved with. Note that no criminal charges
have been laid (yet): simply the fact that there is this whiff of
corruption about him was already grounds for dismissal.
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That’s how checks and balances should work.

 On the other hand, if that "whiff of corruption" can't be substantiated,
it's a great opportunity for character assassination.  This comes in
handy if the powerful want to throw an innocent (but inconvenient) person
under the bus.
 

Which is why Trump got elected. Everyone who supported him assumed the stories were made up.
Democrat's fault for crying 'wolf' too often...
--
“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy