Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns
by flukus on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @01:15AM
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> This incident doesn't change anything since much more chilling precedents have been set so many times before
Your not wrong, but in this case he is 2 degrees of separation away from someone that we know was guilty. It feels like the witch hunting has moved onto those who are guilty by association.
> RMS's position is way too extreme here, 99.9% of people would probably find it despicable.
Your not wrong, but in this case he is 2 degrees of separation away from someone that we know was guilty. It feels like the witch hunting has moved onto those who are guilty by association.
> RMS's position is way too extreme here, 99.9% of people would probably find it despicable.
Quite a lot of us live in a world where what Minsky did would not be considered statutory rape, so presumably they wouldn't find it despicable (if we ignore potential sex trafficking): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_consent#/media/File:Age...