That's an insightful point. I also find the crude name-calling to detract from rather than support the message. I remember once reading one of his posts on a t

That's an insightful point. I also find the crude name-calling to detract from rather than support the message. I remember once reading one of his posts on a topic where I was in strong agreement with his point of view before I began reading, but finished it alienated and pissed off. Thinking back later, I was surprised — nobody ever managed that. If one's tone of writing is pissing off even those who agree with him, that's a complete failure of communication, and one needs to stop and re-evaluate one's communication style. I haven't read any more posts from Stallman in almost a decade. Life is too short to read something that's more likely to annoy you than enlighten you.