Re:Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference
by lwhi on Thursday May 10, 2012 @05:23PM
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It amazes me that Stallman is viewed in this way. Steve Jobs was undeniably an asshole to many .. and Steve Jobs' fans refuse to deal with even fair criticism of him.
There's a strange warped perspective at play.
Re:Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference
by billpatrianakos on Thursday May 10, 2012 @07:03PM
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You're missing the point and rushing to defend someone I'm not trying to insult. I never said or implied Jobs fans aren't the same. The point is that when someone dies or has something bad happen to them saying something like "I'm not glad he's dead but I'm glad he's gone" is like spitting on their grave and in such times we should remember that they were human like you or me and forget our petty grievances out of respect. When someone like Stallman dies it reminds us of our own mortality as would anyone's death. I'd hope no one was a dick about it "because Stallman said this and that about Jobs after he died" or "because he promoted some awful ideology" or something like that. I don't even like Stallman but when someone has a health crisis or dies you don't celebrate it no matter who they are. It's just common decency. Don't make this a Stallmam V. Whoever comparison.
Re:Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference
by lwhi on Friday May 11, 2012 @05:41AM
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I find the way many people talk about Stallman to be patronising and bitter. I believe this is partly just because he's fighting against the current, whereas a person like Jobs oiled the wheels of capitalism. Stallman has a huge positive effect on the world, it's a shame any recognition will need to be balanced against so much negativity.
Re:Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference
by sp332 on Thursday May 10, 2012 @05:42PM
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That's not a detail. And that's not confirmed, that's denied.
Re:Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference
by CamperBob2 on Thursday May 10, 2012 @06:50PM
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We may think it's the man we don't like but it's really his actions and beliefs
(Shrug) I am my actions and beliefs. There's nothing else to me. I don't know about Stallman, though.
Re:Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference
by billpatrianakos on Thursday May 10, 2012 @07:17PM
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Come on man. You know what I mean. What we know about Stallman isn't all he was. If you judge him by his work with the FSF alone then you're not even close to being able to judge who he was as a person and that's what I'm getting at. Don't be pedantic.
By the way, "he did not, for example, have a heart attack". Really? There are no confirmed details but he definitely didn't have a heart attack? Well are there confirmed details or not? If he didn't have a heart attack then there's at least one confirmed detail, right? Why the need to clarify that one point? I'm not saying its a lie but whenever someone tells me "I don't know what happened but I know this one thing didnt happen" they're either guessing or hiding something.