This comment reminds me of Richard Stallman's "info packet"[0], which he sends ahead when he's going to be speaking. Specifically this part, in a section regard

This comment reminds me of Richard Stallman's "info packet"[0], which he sends ahead when he's going to be speaking. Specifically this part, in a section regarding pets of his host, if he's staying at someone's home: > If you can find a host for me that has a friendly parrot, I will be very very glad. If you can find someone who has a friendly parrot I can visit with, that will be nice too. > DON'T buy a parrot figuring that it will be a fun surprise for me. To acquire a parrot is a major decision: it is likely to outlive you. If you don't know how to treat the parrot, it could be emotionally scarred and spend many decades feeling frightened and unhappy. If you buy a captured wild parrot, you will promote a cruel and devastating practice, and the parrot will be emotionally scarred before you get it. Meeting that sad animal is not an agreeable surprise. [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20120119135147/https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/pipermail/developers-public/2011-October/007647.html https://web.archive.org/web/20120119135147/https://secure.my...