[DC LoCo] RMS on Craigslist... (Linux Chix, be afraid.)

[Marti Martinson]

You ROCK, Ted. Bra-friggin-vo!

Marti

On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 15:17 -0500, Ted Smith wrote:
> On Mon, 2010-03-01 at 10:14 -0500, Kevin Cole wrote:
> > John Knight passed this one on.
> > 
> > http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/bos/533096562.html
> > 
> 
> Some people look at this and laugh, but I see someone who is so
> dedicated to their cause that they have chosen against nearly all of the
> aspects of life that the rest of us take for granted. RMS might act like
> a robot at times, but he isn't one; he's a human with the same emotions
> as anyone else. To me, this post is an indication of some sort of
> loneliness or desire for companionship - things he feels because instead
> of hacking or being retired and settling down with a family, he is out
> there, going around the world every month, fighting for us.
> 
> As an anarchist I typically disapprove of vanguardism, but if it wasn't
> for RMS being the professional revolutionary he is, and giving up
> everything else in order to do it, who knows where we'd be.
> 
> Thanks, RMS.