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Re:Stallman Still Heading the GNU Project by agumonkey on Friday September 27, 2019 @04:32AM (#21089709)
> I keep seeing this response, and it doesn't make a lot of sense. If Stallman's past behavior was unacceptable, then he should have been fired for that.

In human nature it's extremely common to tolerate things too long and then bail out when something minuscule happens later.

Not ideal but easy to understand.

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Re:Stallman Still Heading the GNU Project by magduf on Friday September 27, 2019 @11:46AM (#21093215)
It's also human nature to become murderously violent about various things, and to grab a club or bone and use it as a weapon to kill someone you don't like or because they have something you want. Humans managed to create "civlization" and "laws" and "police" to curb this negative part of human nature.

I don't see "human nature" as an acceptable excuse for anything at all.

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