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Re:Stallman Still Heading the GNU Project by lostjohnny on Friday September 27, 2019 @08:17AM (#21091021)
> The fact Stallman doesn't understand what assault means

he knows very well.

He meant, and it's obvious from the emails, that the term is slippery if used to accuse someone.

It would have been better something like "statutory rape"

because it's not disputable.

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Re:Stallman Still Heading the GNU Project by DanBC on Saturday September 28, 2019 @02:55AM (#21098881)
But assault in law and English does not require use of force, and if Stallman meant to say "let's call Minsky a statutory rapist" he could have said that. He didn't, he went on to say that we shouldn't define rape by age -- clearly trying to prevent people calling Minsky a rapist.
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