After scouring the internet, looking for a program that would let me do a specific task (mapping joystick buttons to the keyboard using very specific parameters) I have found a great program: GlovePIE!
Except for one tiny problem: it crashes on startup - deliberately, that is - and opens up a "Boycott Israel" website full of racist information about Israel. (NOTE: I'd be just as pissed if I found a racist anti-Palestinian website.) So I sent an email to the author of the program, trying to make him realize it's not my fault the government is stupid, and that the argument is not one-sided.
Of course, I failed. The racist pig replied very rudely, (while my first e-mail was a bit cynical, I had no intention of offending anyone. He did) and we started a nice little realistic debate. (Or at least, he ruined my attempts at such a thing...)
I'm tempted to make -- or find -- an open-source alternative.
From: Amit Ron <me@butteredtoast.org>
To: Carl Kenner <carl.kenner@gmail.com>
Subject: GlovePIE crash upon program startup?
Dear Carl,
(I'm hoping you will read this all the way through despite the facts presented here. Thank you! :) )
You're claiming Israel is being racist towards Palestinian civillians, and thus should be boycotted.
Yet on the other hand, I could state that: GlovePIE is being racist towards Israeli civillians, and thus should be boycotted? Don't fight fire with fire. You'll just end up with lots of fire. :/
Besides, computer programs and politics don't mix. Imagine how pissed of you'd be if you found a really great program that crashes because you live in Germany, claiming that it cannot let "Nazis" use it. Chances are, you have no connection whatsoever to Nazism, facism or anything of the likes.
Now, if you were to somehow block politicians' computers, I'd understand. But since you're being racist towards innocent civillians, I see some hypocrisy here...
Fun fact: I could tamper with the settings (or the disassembly) and make it work, but I may as well do a good deed and tell you about this.
Live long and prosper,
Amit Ron
P.S. Downloading the app wasn't against the EULA since I never signed it or agreed to it in any way. (And never read it until I Googled the problem.)
From: Carl Kenner <carl.kenner@gmail.com>
To: Amit Ron <me@butteredtoast.org>
Subject: Re: GlovePIE crash upon program startup?
I didn't say Israeli "civilians" (or as they're also known, heavily armed foreign invaders intent on genocide) can't use it. I said Israeli "civilians" can't use it IN ISRAEL. That's because Israel is an apartheid regime, and by hanging out exclusively in the whites-only part, you are guilty of apartheid. Fortunately, Israel is a very thin "country", so if you ever decide to stop being a racist scumbag, it's only a short drive for you to visit an Arab friend in the occupied territories or in a neighbouring country and play on their PC while hanging out and enjoying the non-apartheid that we all enjoy.
P.S. Isn't it funny how you can violate a million human rights laws about not ethnically cleansing other people's countries, and yet balk at the idea of violating copyright law? That's part of the joke of my license agreement.
From: Amit Ron <me@butteredtoast.org>
To: Carl Kenner <carl.kenner@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: GlovePIE crash upon program startup?
Hey hey hey... Stop with the rude language. What exactly did I do to you? :(
(Hint: I am not the government of Israel, nor am I the prime minister, or -- for that matter -- a minister. I am Amit Ron.)
Prejudice is bad. No matter who it comes from, and for whom it's intended. You have prejudged me, and I quote, saying I am a "heavily armed foreign invader intent on genocide," and a "racist scumbag," based solely on the fact that I am Israeli.
Again, I hate to say it, but how would you feel if I called you a "Closeted-homosexual Neo-Nazi Jew-killing homocidal maniac?" Not too good, I assume? I am genuinely insulted, and it usually takes a lot to insult me. :/ Good job.
Let go of your prejudice, and fight war with peace, not war. Extinguish the fire, don't fuel it. It's not worth it.
Live long and prosper,
Amit Ron
From: Carl Kenner <carl.kenner@gmail.com>
To: Amit Ron <me@butteredtoast.org>
Subject: Re: GlovePIE crash upon program startup?
Given that you ARE a heavily armed foreign invader intent on genocide and you ARE a racist scumbag, you have no right to complain.
So how about you pull your head out of your arse, stop being such a nazi, and rejoin the civilised world?
And you ARE the government of Israel, all Israeli Jews are. That's how Israeli apartheid works.
From: Amit Ron <me@butteredtoast.org>
To: Carl Kenner <carl.kenner@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: GlovePIE crash upon program startup?
Look, cut the racist bullshit and think straight for a minute (or however long it'll take you to answer this e-mail.) Also, try to avoid political statements in questions 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8.
(Note: "met" means that you met said individual in person. For example, you never met me.)
Hoping you can manage to actually answer my questions without prejudice,
Amit Ron
P.S. I must once again point out your hypocrisy in being prejudiced towards me, while claiming I am racist towards Palestinians.
From: Carl Kenner <carl.kenner@gmail.com>
To: Amit Ron <me@butteredtoast.org>
Subject: Re: GlovePIE crash upon program startup?
Look, you stupid racist turd. Either switch your brain on or fuck off.
You say I'm not allowed to make any statements to answer questions and demand that I answer your questions.
I don't take orders from genocidal morons like you, and I'm not obliged to do your thinking for you just because you are too brain-dead to do it for yourself.
From: Amit Ron <me@butteredtoast.org>
To: Carl Kenner <carl.kenner@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: GlovePIE crash upon program startup?
You're doing it again! To help you gain some perspective, imagine this conversation:
You: "Your program isn't letting Germans use it, claiming we're 'Nazis.' Could you turn it off, please? It doesn't make sense."
Me: "It does it because you're a Nazi!"
You: "I'm a Nazi? How come?"
Me: "Because you're German!"
You: "This doesn't make me a Nazi."
Me: "It does, because you're German!"
You: "But being German doesn't make me a Nazi!"
Me: "YES IT DOES YOU GENOCIDAL JEW-KILLER NOW GO FUCK OFF AND BOTHER SOMEONE ELSE."
You: "WTF did I do to you, and why are you calling me a Nazi?"
Me: "BECAUSE YOU'RE GERMAN AND THAT MAKES YOU A NAZI!!!!!!111oneoneone"
This is what our "debate" has been, just with the sides switched so you can gain perspective.
I really hope you die a long, painful death at an early age, preferably before you can reproduce. (And in case you have reproduced, I wish the same things for your offspring(s).)
Oh, by the way, this might interest you in a way: (It's a transcript of our conversation.) http://butteredtoast.org/idiots/carl.kenner/
Love, <3
Amit Ron