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Some context I got from https://www.wired.com/story/richard-stallman-and-the-fall-of-the-clueless-nerd/ https://www.wired.com/story/richard-stallman-and-the-fal

Some context I got from https://www.wired.com/story/richard-stallman-and-the-fall-of-the-clueless-nerd/ https://www.wired.com/story/richard-stallman-and-the-fall-of...: Stallman was pressured to resign from the board and MIT because of some of these controversies: - Jeffrey Epstein coerced one of his victims to have sex with Marvin Minsky. In an online thread, Stallman argued that this might not be sexual assault if Minsky didn't realize she was coerced. - 10 years ago, Stallman claimed that 14 year olds are old enough to consent to sex and it's not pedophilia. He since retracted this claim - He is generally very weird and doesn't have etiquite. For example, he was invited to a fancy restaurant and then pranced around the tables because he wanted to dance Overall, Stallman is very unaware of societal expectations, so sometimes he says things ranging from non-PC to outright sexist, albeit unintentionally. EDIT: Fixed some inaccuracies

snvzz 6y ago
Here's another review[0] of the events. [0] https://sterling-archermedes.github.io/ https://sterling-archermedes.github.io/ A character assassination campaign, and nothing more than that.
r3856283 6y ago
Not quite. Someone vandalized his name card adding the hot ladies part and took a picture. That was never him. And you turned the quote "pranced around the tables" to "pranced around on the tables." ... why?
- r3856283 6y ago
  The parent was edited. Thanks.
throwawaycdn12 6y ago
Canada only raised their age of consent from 14 to 16 in 2008. I don't think Canada should be cancelled as a result of this.
- preommr 6y ago
  +1 We shouldn't be cancelling Canada because of random laws, we should be cancelling them because hockey sucks.
  - kgwxd 6y ago
    And ham is not bacon.
- Dma54rhs 6y ago
  Many EU countries still at 14.
  - deleted 6y ago
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- cheeze 6y ago
  Legal age of consent isn't the same as being moral. These are two separate things. Nobody is saying we should 'cancel' Canada for having bad laws in the past. IMO this is a really weak argument.
  - capsulecorp 6y ago
    But we should 'cancel' people for having bad views in the past? Got it.
  - mpweiher 6y ago
    It is amazing how you equate a fairly random and unusual aspect of US law to "being moral".

snvzz 6y ago

Here's another review[0] of the events. [0] https://sterling-archermedes.github.io/ https://sterling-archermedes.github.io/ A character assassination campaign, and nothing more than that.

r3856283 6y ago

Not quite. Someone vandalized his name card adding the hot ladies part and took a picture. That was never him. And you turned the quote "pranced around the tables" to "pranced around on the tables." ... why?

r3856283 6y ago
The parent was edited. Thanks.

throwawaycdn12 6y ago

Canada only raised their age of consent from 14 to 16 in 2008. I don't think Canada should be cancelled as a result of this.

preommr 6y ago
+1 We shouldn't be cancelling Canada because of random laws, we should be cancelling them because hockey sucks.
- kgwxd 6y ago
  And ham is not bacon.
Dma54rhs 6y ago
Many EU countries still at 14.
- deleted 6y ago
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cheeze 6y ago
Legal age of consent isn't the same as being moral. These are two separate things. Nobody is saying we should 'cancel' Canada for having bad laws in the past. IMO this is a really weak argument.
- capsulecorp 6y ago
  But we should 'cancel' people for having bad views in the past? Got it.
- mpweiher 6y ago
  It is amazing how you equate a fairly random and unusual aspect of US law to "being moral".