> > Richard Stallman told me of his misery and that he'd kill himself if I didn't go out with him. > I declined further contact.

This is not sexual harassment, there is no allegation, it was never filed.

This story was never confirmed, BTW.

But even if it happened, what's so bad about it?

That he's weird?

When it happened to me I offered support, I did not go to the police.

> but that the people in question do not want to come forward.

Stallman is not a well know powerful man that could pose a real danger to anybody.

He's not an Epstein that traffic girls.

> He made overt sexual advances to women at work [in the late 1990s at VA Linux

Who didn't in the 90s?

There were literally cocaine addicts running companies, snorting from their desks at the 24th floor in Manhattan and we are talking about Stallman making an alleged third hand advance?

Of course him being him, not Brad Pitt, and coming out weird when he tries to be friendly, scared women away.

Meanwhile the like of Epstein trafficked girls and were considered "highly respectable business men" because they dressed sharply, were good looking and moved a ton of money, the kind of money that could buy you an island.

While Stallman slept on a matress in his office .

It is hard to recall how bad the 90s were for those who never lived them, how bad the influence of the new born "global style industry" was and how not conforming to some social norm made you automatically an outcast.

There were movies like "Thrashin'" were the best skaters in the world (Caballero, Tony Hawk, Tony Alva) played the bad boys and the good guy of the time was Josh Brolin [1]

Now think about Josh Brolin in the 90s, the epitome of what a man should be according to showbiz industry targeting young people, and imagine being Richard Matthew Stallman.

Hell, there were even movies about nerds and they were all depicted as ugly, mean and with a bad hygiene.

Of course Snotty became my favourite!

[1] the good guy according to 80s and 90s culture http://ingridrichter.info/cheese/graphics/T/thrashin/brolin_...