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Do your own research... https://stallman.org/articles/children.html https://stallman.org/articles/children.html https://www.stallman.org/archives/2006-may-aug.

Do your own research... https://stallman.org/articles/children.html https://stallman.org/articles/children.html https://www.stallman.org/archives/2006-may-aug.html#05%20June%202006%20%28Dutch%20paedophiles%20form%20political%20party%29 https://www.stallman.org/archives/2006-may-aug.html#05%20Jun... https://stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#04_January_2013_%28Pedophilia%29 https://stallman.org/archives/2012-nov-feb.html#04_January_2... There are 3 links. Its pretty clear to me that he fears being a parent and has no concept of child development. It is well known that changes in a growing adolescent brain can affect decision making. https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Families/FFF-Guide/The-Teen-Brain-Behavior-Problem-Solving-and-Decision-Making-095.aspx?WebsiteKey=a2785385-0ccf-4047-b76a-64b4094ae07f https://www.aacap.org/AACAP/Families_and_Youth/Facts_for_Fam... https://kids.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frym.2017.00053 https://kids.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frym.2017.00053 And yet, RMS would like to carve out some kind of exception for sex with kids when the kid chooses sex 'voluntarily'. Its disgusting and goes against what we know from science about kids and decision making. RMS is a would-be pedo and should be treated as such.

linuxftw 7y ago
So, again, this is not on some work-related mailing list, this is his personal website. That's not what we're discussing here. I'm not endorsing or defending his views on any subject, but there appear to be a lot of false claims around the items directly related to his resignation.
- annoyingnoob 7y ago
  There is an on-going pattern of comments where RMS says that sex with children is acceptable under the right circumstances. To me, that position is indefensible and offensive. You seem to be very focused on some specific text in one specific instance. Maybe you are missing the forest for the trees.

linuxftw 7y ago

So, again, this is not on some work-related mailing list, this is his personal website. That's not what we're discussing here. I'm not endorsing or defending his views on any subject, but there appear to be a lot of false claims around the items directly related to his resignation.

annoyingnoob 7y ago
There is an on-going pattern of comments where RMS says that sex with children is acceptable under the right circumstances. To me, that position is indefensible and offensive. You seem to be very focused on some specific text in one specific instance. Maybe you are missing the forest for the trees.