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Holding firm to your ideal includes getting your message across effectively. If you want social change, which Stallman does, you have to 'preach beyond the choi
by vacri 10y ago
Holding firm to your ideal includes getting your message across effectively. If you want social change, which Stallman does, you have to 'preach beyond the choir'.
I don't think Stallman's positions are silly. A touch extreme, but I generally agree with them. I just think his name-calling runs counter to what he wants to achieve.
- jdietrich 10y agoRMS isn't writing for a general audience, he is writing for us. We hackers can spread the word in a palatable manner; RMS's job is to hold us to account, push us to the highest standards of ethical conduct and hold a mirror up to our hypocrisies. The world needs pragmatists, but it needs zealots too.
- rimantas 10y agoMaybe to you, not to me. And I have doubts about the highness of his ethical standards.
- stephenr 10y ago> RMS isn't writing for a general audience, he is writing for us. People who already agree with him? Great way to spread his message huh? > RMS's job is to hold us to account, push us to the highest standards of ethical conduct For certain (i.e: his) values of "ethical conduct", obviously. > The world needs pragmatists, but it needs zealots too And apparently a lot of people need a messiah to follow. If you need someone to "push you to the highest standards of ethical conduct", I'd like an hour of your time to explain how not giving all your money and assets to me, is completely unethical.