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The whole RMS is only a dick for those that don't understand him doesn't work around here. You just have to accept that many people understand him and his motives and think he's a dick.
Only in the distorted, leftist mindset are things free because they just happened to be paid with taxes.
Australia is very authoritarian. They actually confiscated the guns. not just made them illegal. They threatened law abiding citizens with prison time for not turning them in.
Here http://rense.com/general81/ligun.htm when other authoritarian regimes have confiscated guns.
Not only that, but crime went up in Australia. Obviously the criminals didn't turn in their guns.
Australia also makes it mandatory to vote. Any kind of forced action like that is very authoritarian.
The healthcare isn't free no matter how many times you people say that.
But you're also wrong about Australia being "a very similar society to the US". Maybe at one time, but Australia has some very authoritarian laws these days - from gun control to internet filters, etc..
His definition of "serious languages" pretty much precludes the post from taken seriously.
There are some CL folks that are real bitter about the success of Clojure.
You hatred of America is because of its core founding beliefs. You just don't have the courage to say it.
There's also the fact that liberals - the ideological faction most likely to protest these programs - have been reluctant to criticise a president from their own party.That's not true, but not surprising coming from the bbc. The BBC needs to differentiate between leftists and liberals. Leftist regimes throughout history have always been for surveillance.
Surveillance isn't just tapping lines. It's also forced government mandates of the individual that are effective in knowing what you're up to.
Let me guess. Cisco won't be suing the Chinese government for it running Java.