-== Logic ==
-
- * The Technique of the StrawMan: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~lilyth/strawman.html
-
- * Church of the FlyingSpaghettiMonster: http://www.venganza.org/
-
-== Hacker folklore ==
-
- * The Story of Mel, a RealProgrammer: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/mel.html
-
-== True Heroes ==
-
-I especially admire these people of our times for how they inspired us to make the world a better place:
-
- * Gandhi - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi
-
- "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
-
- "There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to kill for."
-
- "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind."
-
- "God has no religion"
-
- "We must respect other religions, even as we respect our own. Mere tolerance thereof is not enough."
-
- (When asked if he was a Hindu) "Yes I am, I am also a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist, and a Jew."
-
- On Showing up to meet His Majesty King Edward VII of England in just a loincloth, a reporter
- wondered aloud if this was disrespectful to the king. Gandhi replied simply, "The King was
- wearing enough for the both of us."
-
- * Nelson Mandela
-
- "I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you, the people. Your tireless
- and heroic sacrifices have made it possible for me to be here today. I therefore place the remaining
- years of my life in your hands."
-
- "A traveller through our country would stop at a village, and he didn't have to ask for food or for
- water. Once he stops, the people give him food, entertain him. That is one aspect of Ubuntu but
- Ubuntu has various aspects.
-
-
- * Mother Teresa of Calcutta - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Teresa
-
- "Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier."
-
- "When I was crossing into Gaza, I was asked at the checkpost whether I was carrying any weapons. I replied: Oh yes, my prayer books."
-
-
- * Martin Luther King, Jr. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr.
-
- "I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality."
-
- The "I have a dream..." speech: http://youtube.com/watch?v=PAKnMLPus1M
-
- * Socrates - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates
-
- "I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world."
-
- "I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance."
-
- "Bad men live that they may eat and drink, whereas good men eat and drink that they may live."
-
- Often when looking at a mass of things for sale, he would say to himself, "How many things I have no need of!"
+See [[HackerFolklore]].
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