How Linux supports Terrorism


Here I was innocuously working on my embedded linux terminal, at the place of my work; when out of the blue I found out that using the Linux operating system might mean supporting terrorism in this world! Or at least supporting the ideas that terrorists seem to believe in. Have a look at the above screenshot of the my terminal. My box does not want peace, has no satisfaction, is not interested in love, but as soon as I say kill, it eagerly asks "Whom to kill?"

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