[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#15446) undesirable rulers

["Mike Kaufman" <kaufman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=15446 >

On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 09:53:17AM -0800, Jason Short wrote:
> 
> Well, as to that, Linus Torvalds is not a ruler of the Finnish and he 
> should be removed.  He can be added to a fictional ruleset - the 
> Antarticans are already ruled by the Linux Penguin and we can send him 
> down there to join Tux.

I agree that Torvalds should be removed for that reason, but he shouldn't
be in the Antarctic ruleset either. Leaders of Antarctica should be explorers 
or others who figure prominently in Antarctic history.

> I don't really agree with that.  We should either be complete or not be 
> complete.  Whether someone happens to be in the ruleset already or has 
> been forgotten until now shouldn't be a consideration.

agree with this too.

> Now, on this topic, what about Stalin?  He has already been removed from 
> the Russian ruleset and added to the Soviet one.  How do we resolve this 
> with keeping Hitler in the German ruleset?  The Soviet Union was no less 
> the same as the Russian nation than nazi germany was part of historical 
> Germany.

how to resolve? revert the patch and remove the soviet ruleset.

-mike