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Re:Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT by partialrecall on Monday September 16, 2019 @10:03PM (#20990501)
If you'd ever met the man, you would know that Stallman being social oblivious with no tact or decorum is not merely some idle claim.
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Re:Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT by azernik on Monday September 16, 2019 @11:31PM (#20991123)
GP's point was that social obliviousness is no excuse.
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Re:Richard Stallman resigns from CSAIL at MIT by mixologic on Monday September 16, 2019 @10:25PM (#20990643)
Tact and decorum are how ideas are presented. No amount of tact or decorum would make it possible to defend somebody for sleeping with an underage girl.

He's attempting to find some remotely plausible scenario where the actions of his friend are morally acceptable.

No amount of tact makes that okay, and complete lack of tact just makes it worse.

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