<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 11:07 PM Karen Lewellen <<a href="mailto:klewellen@shellworld.net">klewellen@shellworld.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">folks,<br>
Keeping with the in context process.<br>
<br></blockquote><div>You are correct, context is important. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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On Fri, 2 Apr 2021, Dhaval Giani via talk wrote:<br>
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>>> Again, I say this again. RMS as a contributor, yes. RMS as a leader, no.<br>
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>>> I am not going to step into your Godwin's law discussion<br>
>>> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law</a> ). It is irrelevant to<br>
>>> the issue at hand.<br>
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>> That wasn't my discussion. I'm talking about Surveillance capitalism, which grows<br>
>> more important to me day by day. I just think there is a lot of shooting the messenger<br>
>> with RMS.<br>
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> Then this thread should prove to you exactly why RMS cannot be your<br>
> messenger. You could be 100% factual, but it is what the other side<br>
> receives is of greater importance. Your cause is lost, when your<br>
> messenger causes your message to be lost.<br>
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This is absolutely correct.<br>
I had no idea who rms was until the current discussion.<br>
Within ten minutes I came across an open letter demanding that the free <br>
software foundation's entire board step down and that rms be removed. <br>
This letter linked to gathered details about rms, not hearsay, but direct <br>
posts with links from his own website, where he suggests that a women get <br>
an abortion should she learn her child will have downs syndrome.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In Canada and elsewhere abortion is legal. This was the result of feminist activisim and the doctors who agreed that in some cases it is best to terminate a pregnancy. However abortinon is now universally available here, no questions asked, if a woman wants one.<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
And that laws against under age sex are wrong if the child is willing.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>In Canada the age of consent is 16, absent positions of trust and even lower</div><div>if both are in the 13 to 16 age group. I won't restate the rules for you, I'll just</div><div>link to them.<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/other-autre/clp/faq.html">https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr/other-autre/clp/faq.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Here is what Stallman actually said.</div><div><br></div><div>"I think it is morally absurd to define 'rape' in a way that depends on
minor details such as which country it was in or whether the victim was
18 years old or 17," Stallman wrote.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/richard-stallman-leaves-mit-after-controversial-remarks-on-rape/">https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/09/richard-stallman-leaves-mit-after-controversial-remarks-on-rape/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Certainly, there were comments about the ways associates have enabled rms, <br>
working around his stance and behavior. but that paled when his own <br>
words called into question why I, as an outsider to he subject, should <br>
give any weight to his opinion...about anything.<br>
I will take your word that he is a talented coder, contributing much to <br>
the free software movement.<br>
Such does not make him a suitable leader, if one cannot stop wondering <br>
how he can make such statements about human beings, and their right to be <br>
born.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>We are all entitled to our own opinion, however it's hard to formulate an honest</div><div>opinion if the facts are dishonest.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Just my take,<br></div><div>Karen<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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</blockquote></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Russell<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>