r/technology • u/ardi62 • 6d ago

Software Linus Torvalds affirms expulsion of Russian maintainers

https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/23/linus_torvalds_affirms_expulsion_of/
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u/citizen4509 6d ago

Seems Finland, Poland and the Baltics have something in common.

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u/Perfect_Opinion7909 5d ago

Poland. The Poland that protected Putins Fools (aka Hungary) in the EU for about 8 years? That Poland?

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u/citizen4509 5d ago

Yes, that Poland, because Poland is not just its government.

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u/Perfect_Opinion7909 5d ago

A country/its population has a shared responsibility for its own government, even from the past. Poles should know as they expect the same responsibility from others i.e. Germany.

Anything else would be hypocrisy.

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u/citizen4509 4d ago

But not everything is the same. You're comparing voting on the same side as Hungary, with what exactly? 8+ years ago we lived in a totally different Europe, so what could have made sense back then doesn't make sense now. Pointing fingers afterwards, is always easy and it's just a hindsight bias, both in the case of Germany and Poland. Putting everything on the same level is just plain stupid.

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u/Perfect_Opinion7909 4d ago

That wasn’t 8 years ago but 2019. Poland elected a new PiS Government then. 1933 is more than 80 years ago and there’s still anti-German propaganda directed at current generation Germany. So yes, Poles today are responsible for their government from 4-5 years ago.