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Re:Why FSF Founder Richard Stallman is Wrong on Steve Jobs by jsavimbi on Friday October 07, 2011 @04:13PM (#3085667)
Exactly. There is no difference between either the Phelps or the Stallman message. Insane fundamentalists looking to draw attention to themselves and their ideals through an offensive message when they know that the community is experiencing an emotional event together.

It's akin to car-bombing a funeral; something only really insane or angry people do. And last time I checked, Stallman doesn't have much to be angry about.

Re:Why FSF Founder Richard Stallman is Wrong on Steve Jobs by rdouble on Friday October 07, 2011 @04:33PM (#3085773)
There is no difference between either the Phelps or the Stallman message.

There... uh.. seems to be a lot of difference between "god kills soldiers because gay people exist" and "software should be free." Even though his quip about Jobs's death was tacky, I'm still gonna give RMS more points than the Westboro Baptist Church.

Re:Why FSF Founder Richard Stallman is Wrong on Steve Jobs by jsavimbi on Friday October 07, 2011 @04:46PM (#3085847)
> Even though his quip about Jobs's death was tacky

There's a big difference between being tacky out of ignorance and immaturity and deliberately hurtful in a public forum with a measured audience. Coupled with a sense of timing and purpose, any sane and intelligent person would be able to make that distinction.

And much like a car-bomber at a funeral, what sets Stallman aside from the rest of us is the opportunistic cowardice with which he operates. If he truly felt harmed by Steve Job's actions whilst living, why didn't he make a case for him to die sooner rather than waiting for his death to be fait accompli?

Re:Why FSF Founder Richard Stallman is Wrong on Steve Jobs by rdouble on Friday October 07, 2011 @04:56PM (#3085909)
Not sure where you're trying to go with that last part, but I disagree that one can equivocate car bombing, Fred Phelps, and RMS.
Re:Why FSF Founder Richard Stallman is Wrong on Steve Jobs by jsavimbi on Friday October 07, 2011 @05:11PM (#3085985)
Guess I should've just wrote that it's wrong to kick people while they're down.
Re:Why FSF Founder Richard Stallman is Wrong on Steve Jobs by pjscott on Friday October 07, 2011 @05:07PM (#3085960)
Are you seriously asking why Stallman doesn't desire the death of his ideological opponents?
Re:Why FSF Founder Richard Stallman is Wrong on Steve Jobs by vacri on Friday October 07, 2011 @07:41PM (#3086469)
What? Stallman specifically says he's not glad Jobs is dead, but he's glad his influence is gone. He's not happy that Jobs is dead.

As for opportunistic cowardice? Have you ever heard of RMS before? He's constantly saying these things, and to anyone who will listen (and some who won't).

Likening Stallman to a car-bomber is far worse than what Stallman actually said - you don't really have the moral ground to call someone else an opportunistic coward.

Re:Why FSF Founder Richard Stallman is Wrong on Steve Jobs by kragen on Friday October 07, 2011 @05:40PM (#3086096)
Says the guy who chose the name of a mass murderer for his HN handle.