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Re:Free Software, not as in ‘free speech’, nor as in ‘free b... by Ansil849 on Friday August 20, 2021 @11:52AM (#28247427)
> countries where the cultural norm is to profess to love death more than life.

This comes off as insulting. One could just as easily come up with a glib derogatory summary of the 'cultural norms' of Western nations too.

Propagating the belief that some cultures don't treasure life is dehumanizing, because it is a direct pathway to rationalize exterminating them ('oh, they value death more anyway').

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Re:Free Software, not as in ‘free speech’, nor as in ‘free b... by the_af on Friday August 20, 2021 @12:32PM (#28247992)
Not only it's insulting, it's false. Iranians don't love death more than life.
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Re:Free Software, not as in ‘free speech’, nor as in ‘free b... by natch on Friday August 20, 2021 @01:32PM (#28248870)
Edited to clarify my view that the government promotes this as a norm.

I fully agree that many and perhaps most of the people don’t feel that way.

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Re:Free Software, not as in ‘free speech’, nor as in ‘free b... by trasz on Friday August 20, 2021 @01:59PM (#28249276)
It’s still stupidly wrong, though - killing millions by starting wars is the domain of the US, not Iran.
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