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The next chapter in the Merkey sagaThe next chapter in the Merkey sagaPosted Jun 22, 2005 4:40 UTC (Wed) by jachim (subscriber, #2963)Parent article: The next chapter in the Merkey saga
Add my name to the list, but this guy is nuts!
When did anyone ever attack him for being a Mormon?
I don't see PJ "predominantly promoting messages of hatred and violence" against Mormons.
Since when is Google Bombing and Google Spamming an "unlawful practice" that tampers with "hosting computers"? Granted it "tampers" with a search engine, but why does he care?
So, Merkey is this great and awesome contributor to Linux and Bruce Perens "claims to be a principal leader" in the Open Source Community.
Paragraphs 39 and 40 are downright outrageous.
41 parrots SCO's lines.
Linux empowers Al-Qaida, damn it!
And it allows the creation of MWDs. Send to troops to Finland!
OSS allows the creation of MPEG movies of terrorist beheadings, so it MUST be bad! (Funny, he doesn't say anything about the knife technology that did the actual beheadings. Seems like the knife makers are much more intimately involved with the terrorists.)
Linux advocates are trying to overthrow whole governments (and the whole of the EU, too!)
"Almost all of the companies" attacked by Bruce, PJ, Groklaw, Slashdot, et al are Mormon companies. Well, if "almost all" of them are, doesn't the fact that some aren't prove that it's not about religion?
The whole $50K buyout thing was Alan Cox's idea! (First I've heard that. Could be true, but I seriously doubt it.)
Merkey may not have ever worked for SCO, but if he isn't a shill, I don't know what is.
What the heck does "wold spoil ate" mean (paragraph 74)?
(Is JM a lawyer? If not, who drafted this filing for him? Certainly reads like a lawyer wrote it.)
The whole thing reminds me of the Monty Python Fish License sketch:
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The next chapter in the Merkey saga Posted Jun 22, 2005 6:28 UTC (Wed) by qu1j0t3 (guest, #25786) [Link] "Almost all of the companies" attacked by Bruce, PJ, Groklaw, Slashdot, et al are Mormon companies...which might be said to speak volumes about Mormon business principles (or rather, lack thereof).
The next chapter in the Merkey saga Posted Jun 22, 2005 7:41 UTC (Wed) by hathawsh (guest, #11289) [Link] Hold on there. There's no reason to drag religion into this. There's a good chance Jeff is just as annoying to his religious community as he is to the free / open source communities.
The next chapter in the Merkey saga Posted Jun 22, 2005 8:06 UTC (Wed) by xtifr (subscriber, #143) [Link] Indeed, there are many members of the Church of Latter Day Saints who are Groklaw regulars, and who are deeply offended by what Darl and crew are doing; doubly so because they (supposedly) share a religion. And PJ has always comes down hard on those who try to attack the LDS Church--or suggest that it should be tarred with the same brush as SCO--on her forum.
Darl and Merkey both seem to want to try to make religion an issue. In Darl's case, I think it's at least in part because he thinks it'll make him more sympathetic to a Utah jury. Don't play his game! Ask, instead, how a man who lies and cheats in the pursuit of the almighty buck can claim to be a member in good standing of Church that condemns such behavior!
As for Merkey, I am not sure what his motives or plans might be, as there seem to be few signs of rationality there at all.
The next chapter in the Merkey saga Posted Jun 24, 2005 12:50 UTC (Fri) by zjim (guest, #30657) [Link] I myself am LDS (Mormon) and against SCO and people like Merkey who think that the way to make money is by making up false statements. I support Open Free Software because there should be choices. SCO will not win their case against IBM, Novell, Red Hat, AutoZone or Chrysler, because they are just grasping at straws. From what I see of Merkey he appears to be making a lot of noise and when he doesn't get his way then every one is out to get him. Hopefully all of these groups will countersue and win. I also agree for some one who's spent 20 years as a tech professional he doesn't know much about the lingo. I've spent 22 years and even I wouldn't figure people where out get kill me if they said I was going in their kill file.
The local (Perth WA) LDS are keen on honesty and integrity Posted Jun 22, 2005 11:57 UTC (Wed) by leonbrooks (guest, #1494) [Link] I can but presume that their US brethren (and sisteren) hew to a similar line.The Roman Catholics murdered upward of 60 million people during the reign of the various Inquisitions, but that doesn't make every RC a murderer. The Atheists in the persons of dictators like Stalin and Mao have murdered hundreds of millions of people, but that doesn't make every Atheist a murderer. Now please grow up. Disclaimer: I am not represented in any of the above groups.
The local (Perth WA) LDS are keen on honesty and integrity Posted Jun 22, 2005 15:55 UTC (Wed) by QuisUtDeus (guest, #14854) [Link] Speaking of outrageous, the "60 million" (or more commonly "50 million") claim for the inquisition is completely a fraudulant claim, spread mainly by the opponents of the Catholic Church a century or two ago.
The number that died over 350 years, mostly at the hands of the secular government, were around 3000.
More recent and objective research has exposed the myth quite soundly.
One article on the topic:
The next chapter in the Merkey saga Posted Jun 22, 2005 7:30 UTC (Wed) by Ross (subscriber, #4065) [Link] Besides all that I thought Merkey was complaining about Mormons forcing himto move to New Mexico at one point. I think that was on the LKML... ah, here's a reply to that post from a Mormon that was offended by his words thanks to a quick search:
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0107.0/0056...
I really don't understand how the person complaining about Groklaw's
Frankly I suspect the fact that Novell and SCO are in Utah is the only
And while I'm commenting I have real trouble believing Jeff doesn't know
The next chapter in the Merkey saga Posted Aug 17, 2010 3:37 UTC (Tue) by Lmerkey (guest, #69587) [Link]
OK I know this post is 5 years old, and I am in no way coming to my poor papa's defense, but it's a little hypocritical to mouth off about someone who has a severe case of BS syndrome without all the facts. Like for one neither me nor my father are Mormon he's claiming that he as a non-Mormon is being treated wrong not as a Mormon. And yes this is actually his youngest daughter correcting you, I just have issues with well when every I see something incorrect.
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