<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.12.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Thu, 2007-22-02 at 17:53 +1100, Peter Garrett wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> > Would the Stallmanites please identify themselves with a show of hands? > My killfile is feeling lonely here. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE> </PRE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> I think it's a bit more nuancé than you make it sound :) </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> There are no subtle nuances to this tripe: <BLOCKQUOTE> >>> Ubuntu. "An African word meaning Humanity to others" >>> .... even for the person who just said African-Americans are responsible for 50% of the crimes in the US because they have mostly low IQ .... </BLOCKQUOTE> <PRE> </PRE> This is character assassination, pure and simple. <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> There is a spectrum within the "community" from the extreme hard-line "Freedom" end to the extreme pragmatist  "as long as it works" end. </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> And guess which end the character assassination comes from in this instance? <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> Both Stallman and ESR have, at various times, made valid points, in my view: - but there is much in both men's opinions and views with which I disagree. That does not negate their contributions, even if some of their statements set my teeth on edge ;) </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Agreed.  In both cases.  Stallman and ESR both have made such dunder-headed public statements or taken such dunder-headed public actions that I can only do the "laugh so I don't cry" routine. Were Stallman to join the Ubuntu community, however, despite my personal distaste for the man, I would not be "greeting" him with his more... um... questionable statements or actions. The request still stands: would the Stallmanistas (or perhaps just Stallmanists?) please give a show of hands?  I need to exercise the killfile.  It has been neglected for months. <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> -- Michael T. Richter <ttmrichter@gmail.com> Disclaimer: Any people who think that opinions expressed from my private email account in any way, shape or form are those of my employer have more lawyers at their beck and call than they do brain cells. </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>