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And here was me, thinking that the australian legislature (which is the
parliament; cf the Concise Oxford Dictionary) was just another crime
syndicate, manned by sex perverts.
Perhaps, the correct word to have been used in the message below, is
legislation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 6/8/99, 8:30:09 PM, Oliver White <ojw@iinet.net.au> wrote regarding
[plug] [Fwd: [STOP] "What a pile of australian legislature"]:
> Raoul Golan wrote:
> > Alan Cox, linux kernel hacker extraordinaire, has the
> > following to say (make this phrase stick!):
> >
> > >
> > > <A HREF="http://linuxtoday.com/talkback/19438.html">http://linuxtoday.com/talkback/19438.html</A>
> > >
> > > Alan Cox - Subject: Australians (Jun 7th, 11:50:31 )
> > >
> > > Fortunately it takes one line of perl to replace every use of the
word
> > > with something else say 'piss' which features in the KJ bible so
is good
> > > for a laugh with censors, and also 'australain legislature' . Im
quite
> > > happy that the kernel contains stuff like
> > >
> > > /* What a pile of australian legislature */
> > >
> > > We can preserve the event forever in history and maybe try and
move it
> > > into mainstream language. I would urge people to refer to all
stupid paper
> > > pusher decisions as a pile of australian legislature. The more
people do
> > > this the more likely it is to achieve critical mass and become
part of the
> > > language where it will stay for years and years as a happy
reminder
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Your computer has been Alstoned.
> --
> Oliver White</PRE>
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