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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by lostjohnny on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @08:51AM (#20994367)
> The guy has a long history endorsing pedophillia

Among the many things one can say about RMS, this is not one of them.

This is just slander.

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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by weaksauce on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @09:19AM (#20994682)
> The nominee is quoted as saying that if the choice of a sexual partner were protected by the Constitution, "prostitution, adultery, necrophilia, bestiality, possession of child pornography, and even incest and pedophilia" also would be. He is probably mistaken, legally--but that is unfortunate. All of these acts should be legal as long as no one is coerced. They are illegal only because of prejudice and narrowmindedness.

https://stallman.org/archives/2003-mar-jun.html

he's saying that it should be legal at the very least.

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Re:Richard M. Stallman resigns by zajio1am on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @06:05PM (#21000562)
Well, there is big difference between 'saying it should be legal' and endorsing.

For example, i think that drinking alcohol and smoking pot should be legal, but also think it is stupid thing to do and definitely would not endorse that.

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