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Re: Dedication

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From: Zefram <zefram@xxxxxxxx>
To: Oliver Kiddle <okiddle@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Dedication
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 15:36:32 +0100 (BST)
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <3BA601CD.A4B3A348@xxxxxxxxxxx> from Oliver Kiddle at "Sep 17, 2001 02:59:41 pm"
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Oliver Kiddle wrote:
>Many books include a dedication at their start

Books get dedicated to particular individuals closely known to the author,
not to huge groups of strangers.

>                                                     Sport is as
>unrelated to politics yet there are events cancelled and Ferraris
>driving around yesterday in plain red and a black nose.

People are taking this "mark of respect" thing too far.  Wasn't a
continent-wide three minutes silence enough?  The sporting effects are
uncalled for.

Despite my expressed opinion on the idea of a dedication, if we do decide
to do an "all developers" dedication then I don't object to being included
in that.

-zefram

References:
- Re: Dedication
  - From: Oliver Kiddle

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