Re:Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference
by raganwald on Thursday May 10, 2012 @04:35PM
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Well actually, I haven’t expressed an opinion about whether his words are acceptable or whether he’s a bad person, whatever that means. I have heard more than a few people taking me to task for wishing him good health on account of his words, and one of the reasons I posted this was to hear from people like you.
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Re:Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference
by vacri on Thursday May 10, 2012 @06:23PM
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You have, actually. Your statement can't even be charitably called 'loaded' - you explicitly state "he has advocated for truly awful practices?". Just throwing in the word 'allegations' doesn't mean that you're presenting a neutral point of view, as all shock jockeys are fully aware.
Re:Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference
by skrebbel on Thursday May 10, 2012 @04:40PM
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Genuinely curious, because I don't think I understood this: what do you mean with "people like me"?
Re:Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference
by raganwald on Thursday May 10, 2012 @04:47PM
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HN readers, especially those who might contruute another perspective. e.g.
reg: Stallman is an important voice.
detractor: He’s also advocating pedo.
reg: He’s still an important voice.
HN reader: Actually, he isn’t advocating pedo. <- new perspective
Re:Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference
by skrebbel on Thursday May 10, 2012 @04:58PM
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ah right! thanks for elaborating. in fact, i'm flattered! :-)
also, my compliments for not turning this into a flamewar. in retrospect, it would seem that i was about to.
Re:Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference
by skrebbel on Thursday May 10, 2012 @04:43PM
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ps. I really don't understand why people downvoted your comment.