This article is complete garbage. I couldn't even read it in its entirety. > If there are a large number of people in the United States who think that child pornography and sexual intercourse with minors should be…
I cannot agree more with your last paragraph. I am finishing my PhD in a few months and while most people think I have a good profile for and should stay in academia, I have lost the will honestly. At the end of my PhD,…
Have you considered the possibility that your definition of normalcy is not equivalent to what's technically possible, or may be even the truth?
> Yes, because of people like you, Geoff. I don't see why you have to attack the author here, but let me ask you this -- if I "feel" unwelcomed by your conduct, for whatever reason, on a "private" mailing list, then…
Thanks a lot for writing this post, and for sharing it. > By satisfying the mob today, we are sacrificing our future. That’s the real risk. Precisely.
Care to explain why?
I have attended his talks, listened to podcasts and read some of his conversations on mailing lists. I can see why people may not like him, or the way he talks. But we disagree with people all the time. I would be…
Do they though? If they really do, only then it makes sense to remove him from a position of power.
That's true, I agree. But then everyone loses what he has to offer as well ...
I don't think it's strong-rules-"all." I appreciate RMS for all that he has done. But unless he committed a crime, which he didn't, I don't think we should police his thoughts and opinions. The thresholds for decency…
I honestly would love to offer him a room, but I'm nowhere near Boston. This guy is a FLOSS hero -- his thoughts and opinions beyond FLOSS do not matter to me.
This article is complete garbage. I couldn't even read it in its entirety. > If there are a large number of people in the United States who think that child pornography and sexual intercourse with minors should be…
I cannot agree more with your last paragraph. I am finishing my PhD in a few months and while most people think I have a good profile for and should stay in academia, I have lost the will honestly. At the end of my PhD,…
Have you considered the possibility that your definition of normalcy is not equivalent to what's technically possible, or may be even the truth?
> Yes, because of people like you, Geoff. I don't see why you have to attack the author here, but let me ask you this -- if I "feel" unwelcomed by your conduct, for whatever reason, on a "private" mailing list, then…
Thanks a lot for writing this post, and for sharing it. > By satisfying the mob today, we are sacrificing our future. That’s the real risk. Precisely.
Care to explain why?
I have attended his talks, listened to podcasts and read some of his conversations on mailing lists. I can see why people may not like him, or the way he talks. But we disagree with people all the time. I would be…
Do they though? If they really do, only then it makes sense to remove him from a position of power.
That's true, I agree. But then everyone loses what he has to offer as well ...
I don't think it's strong-rules-"all." I appreciate RMS for all that he has done. But unless he committed a crime, which he didn't, I don't think we should police his thoughts and opinions. The thresholds for decency…
I honestly would love to offer him a room, but I'm nowhere near Boston. This guy is a FLOSS hero -- his thoughts and opinions beyond FLOSS do not matter to me.