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Re:Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference by raganwald on Thursday May 10, 2012 @04:09PM (#3955733)
I agree with that, but I also know that we all make choices about which things we defend either directly or indirectly. Lawyers defend clients regardless of the repugnance of the allegations because it serves the greater good. Those of us who are not lawyers have the luxury of picking and choosing our battles.

I can’t read the man’s mind, but I do know that he has made a choice to discuss the subject and a choice to poke holes in an argument made by one side of the subject, and the choice to leave that comment right there without any attempt at balance or qualification.

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Re:Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference by rbanffy on Thursday May 10, 2012 @04:58PM (#3955978)
> Those of us who are not lawyers have the luxury of picking and choosing our battles.

Sadly, no.

I wish we could just relax and have faith on the preservation of such basic rights as free speech, but, unfortunately, this is not the case. It's all too easy to condemn someone for having an opinion we consider dangerous and to suppress their right to state it. We all must learn to live in a world where some people disagree with us in very fundamental ways, because, if we don't, we'll end up living in a world we'd rather not.

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