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I just wonder why he hasn't updated or amended his website, https://www.google.com/search?q=pedophile+site%3Astallman.org https://www.google.com/search?q=pedop

I just wonder why he hasn't updated or amended his website, https://www.google.com/search?q=pedophile+site%3Astallman.org https://www.google.com/search?q=pedophile+site%3Astallman.or...

torthrowaway999 6y ago
Did you ask him? Surely he knows more about it than some random person on HN. I am glad that he did not remove his previous statements though, it would be akin to rewriting history, although I think that a note saying that he changed his opinions would be nice.
amanzi 6y ago
That doesn't appear to be his style. And even if he did update or amend old posts, there would still be archives and copies floating around that people could refer to if they felt the need. He has changed his views on some topics over the years, including this: https://stallman.org/archives/2019-sep-dec.html#14_September_2019_(Sex_between_an_adult_and_a_child_is_wrong) https://stallman.org/archives/2019-sep-dec.html#14_September...
- unityByFreedom 6y ago
  It makes me wonder whether he is sincere in his new position. He could easily add a note to his prior statements in a minute's time. He chooses not to do it. Perhaps he doesn't do it because he doesn't want to change what's been written. To me it comes off as insincere given how easy it is to modify websites. Ultimately, what he does is his choice and how it's perceived is everyone else's.
  - luckylion 6y ago
    > It makes me wonder whether he is sincere in his new position. Somebody who always says what he thinks without giving any thought to how it will be perceived, how it will affect his future relationships with people, his employment etc is probably not the person who will follow Hillary Clinton's lead and have "a public and a private" opinion.
    - unityByFreedom 6y ago
      All of this "stallman is a special person who does not need to follow even basic social norms" does not fly with me. He can put a little more effort into clarifying his new found views.
  - d_tr 6y ago
    The only difference I can see is that he could do himself a favor by amending the older note. Why do you think it could be sign of insincerity? There are also literally many thousands of political notes in his site, but people seem to be fixated on like five of them.
senectus1 6y ago
Probably for the same reason he hasn't amended his website to include a denial of wife beating: https://www.google.com/search?q=wife+beating+site%3Astallman.org https://www.google.com/search?q=wife+beating+site%3Astallman...
marstall 6y ago
good lord.

I just wonder why he hasn't updated or amended his website, https://www.google.com/search?q=pedophile+site%3Astallman.org https://www.google.com/search?q=pedophile+site%3Astallman.or...

torthrowaway999 6y ago

Did you ask him? Surely he knows more about it than some random person on HN. I am glad that he did not remove his previous statements though, it would be akin to rewriting history, although I think that a note saying that he changed his opinions would be nice.

amanzi 6y ago

That doesn't appear to be his style. And even if he did update or amend old posts, there would still be archives and copies floating around that people could refer to if they felt the need. He has changed his views on some topics over the years, including this: https://stallman.org/archives/2019-sep-dec.html#14_September_2019_(Sex_between_an_adult_and_a_child_is_wrong) https://stallman.org/archives/2019-sep-dec.html#14_September...

unityByFreedom 6y ago
It makes me wonder whether he is sincere in his new position. He could easily add a note to his prior statements in a minute's time. He chooses not to do it. Perhaps he doesn't do it because he doesn't want to change what's been written. To me it comes off as insincere given how easy it is to modify websites. Ultimately, what he does is his choice and how it's perceived is everyone else's.
- luckylion 6y ago
  > It makes me wonder whether he is sincere in his new position. Somebody who always says what he thinks without giving any thought to how it will be perceived, how it will affect his future relationships with people, his employment etc is probably not the person who will follow Hillary Clinton's lead and have "a public and a private" opinion.
  - unityByFreedom 6y ago
    All of this "stallman is a special person who does not need to follow even basic social norms" does not fly with me. He can put a little more effort into clarifying his new found views.
- d_tr 6y ago
  The only difference I can see is that he could do himself a favor by amending the older note. Why do you think it could be sign of insincerity? There are also literally many thousands of political notes in his site, but people seem to be fixated on like five of them.

senectus1 6y ago

Probably for the same reason he hasn't amended his website to include a denial of wife beating: https://www.google.com/search?q=wife+beating+site%3Astallman.org https://www.google.com/search?q=wife+beating+site%3Astallman...

marstall 6y ago

good lord.