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> Every soul in the western world old enough to talk knew about his death at most 30 hours after his last breath. So what? The same could be said about Muamma
by alecbenzer 15y ago
> Every soul in the western world old enough to talk knew
about his death at most 30 hours after his last breath.
So what? The same could be said about Muammar Gaddafi.
> I know of another way of being a tactless jerk: criticizing a religion
Criticizing a religion is innately tactless? There are certainly tactless ways of criticizing a religion that would make you out to be a jerk, but I'd think there are certainly ways of criticizing a religion without being a jerk.
Steve Jobs was really in no way whatsoever an idol to me. He was a well-known public figure, which made his death news. If rms wrote an email to steve's wife about how her husband was a horrible person and that he was glad he was gone, that would be incredibly rude and tactless. Commenting on his blog about how a public figure's death affects him and his movement which he cares very deeply amount is, imo, not.
- lotu 15y ago>So what? The same could be said about Muammar Gaddafi. Hopefully, you can see how Muamar Gaddafi and Steve Jobs differ. Gaddafi's death was a relief, Jobs was a loss, that should have been implicit, in his argument.
- alecbenzer 15y agoHe seemed to be implying that because his death was such big news he was someone to admire. I was making the point that how famous your death is has nothing to do with how good of a person you are. Though the point is moot, since it seems he was being sarcastic. > Jobs was a loss The whole point here is that to RMS it was not a loss at all -- it was a gain that a large entity that opposes his movement has now been hopefully (hopefully to rms) weakened. Of course the loss of human life is a loss and all that stuff, but this isn't about Steve Jobs the person, it's about the influence he had on the world.