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==Postscript==

The intent of this wordplay is to be amusing and clever; however, it may well fail at being either of those, it is NOT intended to be inflammatory. I personally have the deepest respect for ALL OLPC contributors (I'm trying to be one myself) and I find certain recent events to be an ~~unfortuante~~ distraction from the important business at hand; however necessary they may have been. I harbor a deep and abiding hope that all parties can agree to disagree on certain means-to-ends and to cooperate wherever possible on the important task of improving the lives of children throughout the world.

The intent of this wordplay is to be amusing and clever; however, it may well fail at being either of those, it is NOT intended to be inflammatory. I personally have the deepest respect for ALL OLPC contributors (I'm trying to be one myself) and I find certain recent events to be an unfortunate distraction from the important business at hand; however necessary they may have been. I harbor a deep and abiding hope that all parties can agree to disagree on certain means-to-ends and to cooperate wherever possible on the important task of improving the lives of children throughout the world.

[[Sugar_Labs]] contains a more serious treatment of this topic, but I was moved to draft this in response to the flurry of edits on [[Announcing_SugarLabs]].

[[User:Cjl|Cjl]] 20:50, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

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 ==Postscript==
-The intent of this wordplay is to be amusing and clever; however, it may well fail at being either of those, it is NOT intended to be inflammatory.  I personally have the deepest respect for <u><b>ALL</b></u> OLPC contributors (I'm trying to be one myself) and I find certain recent events to be an unfortuante distraction from the important business at hand; however necessary they may have been.  I harbor a deep and abiding hope that all parties can agree to disagree on certain means-to-ends and to cooperate wherever possible on the important task of improving the lives of children throughout the world.
+The intent of this wordplay is to be amusing and clever; however, it may well fail at being either of those, it is NOT intended to be inflammatory.  I personally have the deepest respect for <u><b>ALL</b></u> OLPC contributors (I'm trying to be one myself) and I find certain recent events to be an unfortunate distraction from the important business at hand; however necessary they may have been.  I harbor a deep and abiding hope that all parties can agree to disagree on certain means-to-ends and to cooperate wherever possible on the important task of improving the lives of children throughout the world.
 [[Sugar_Labs]] contains a more serious treatment of this topic, but I was moved to draft this in response to the flurry of edits on [[Announcing_SugarLabs]].
 [[User:Cjl|Cjl]] 20:50, 15 May 2008 (UTC)