Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them

On Thu, 15 May 2025 00:04:31 +0100, Pancho wrote:

No "Innocent until proven guilty" is a fine maxim. The higher standards
in public life should be codified. For instance, there is a fear that
public officials could be induced to implement policies based on
receiving gifts, i.e. bribes. So the higher standard in public life
should be to prevent them receiving gifts, at all. They should be fired
for breaching this rule, independent of any proof the gift was an
inducement, a bribe. It is easier to prove they received a gift, than
that the gift was effectively a bribe. However, there should be proof
they received the gift. We shouldn't fire a public official just because
someone makes an unsubstantiated allegation against them.

In this country one of the current Democratic talking points is Qutar
gifting the US with a plane to temporarily use as Air Force One. I'll
admit it is a strange situation but it would have helped if Boeing hadn't
been working on a replacement for the existing planes for nine years and
still aren't done. I wonder how many billions have been pissed down that
rat hole? It isn't your standard 747, but still.

The US has codified the mordida. It takes millions, if not billions, to
win an election so an interested party, say AIPAC or Big Pharma, dumps
hundreds of thousands into Senator Simpleton's election fund or PACs. Our
ever wise Supreme Court gave the process their blessing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC

Oddly, the people who proclaim the great checks and balances afforded by
the judiciary seem to forget the odious decisions made by the judiciary,
as long as the black robes do the 'right' thing for the moment.

A pox on them all.