I'm fairly sure the "think of the children" type of reaction to the original email by RMS that launched the scandal is pretty US-centric, culturally speaking.

I'm fairly sure the "think of the children" type of reaction to the original email by RMS that launched the scandal is pretty US-centric, culturally speaking. The semantic problem with terminology which he pointed out at that time also seems to be US-specific, more or less (not sure how common it is to use that turn of phrase in the UK, to be honest).