Re:Windows On ARM Users Need Browser Choice Too
by pooriaazimi on Thursday May 10, 2012 @06:14AM
(#3952669)
Just because some of Stallman's predictions have become true, doesn't mean every stupid BS he says is true. As civilized people we should discuss and decide what is true and what is BS, which is what many do on HN.
Re:Windows On ARM Users Need Browser Choice Too
by _seininn on Thursday May 10, 2012 @09:49AM
(#3953435)
"discuss and decide what is true and what is BS"?!!
Do you honestly think that truth needs to be discussed and decided? The man - as much as I dislike him and his behavior - got it right. and it isn't the first time too. Sure some of his statements might seem too outlandish at first, but many of them happen. Anyone remember this http://gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html ?
I simply cant fathom the reasoning of people who are quick to ridicule any idea that does not fit in their image of how the world works.
Stallman's opinions for how the world should work and his predictions for what will happen in the future are not "truth."
I think it's totally fair to look at something he's said or written in the context of a guy who has been right in the past. But that doesn't mean everything he says is beyond reproach.
Folks feel ashamed of his words, are outraged at his lack of tact and manners, and constantly and publicly denounce him as an anachronism, an inconvenient throwback to the bad old days of the free software movement. We drink beers, sip coffee, hack web apps, compare term sheets, and chuckle at this old goofball.
And then shit like this happens.
And you know what? Maybe he's right to be that crazy, and maybe we're wrong to be so dismissive and consider him so alarmist, and maybe everyone should take a good, hard look at what we value in tech and what we can do to protect it.