Re:"Your criticisms are completely wrong": Stallman on softw...
by Tyrannosaurs on Wednesday November 21, 2012 @11:24AM
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This comes down to what the basis for beliefs are - as the quote goes you're entitled to your own opinion, you're not entitled to your own facts.
Politicians are an odd breed though. By the time you've made it to elected office you've almost certainly had your beliefs and how (or even whether) you can express them so warped that I almost think it's unfair to hold what they say against them. They're the product of a screwed up system - most of them are (or were) smart principled individuals until they got too close to government.
Stallman's ethical and philosophical approach is awesome, and his unwavering stand behind those things is also. I don't agree with everything the man says, but I agree with a lot of it and it's clear he's thought it all through.
I really, really, really hate this when applied to politicians though, because they ought to change their positions based on evidence. When they're crowing about how unwavering they are it's usually because they're flying in the face of common sense and raw, obvious fact.