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As much as I appreciate all that Stallman's done over the years (though I don't always agree with him), that just strikes me as a remarkably dickish comment to
by elemeno 14y ago
As much as I appreciate all that Stallman's done over the years (though I don't always agree with him), that just strikes me as a remarkably dickish comment to make.
To my mind, 20 minutes is hardly an unreasonable delay when you're not an emergency. To make a snide remark about it when you're a guest in the country and getting the advantages of their free health services is just poor taste and bad manners.
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- muyuu 14y agoIt was obviously a joke and I seriously doubt anyone would be offended by that. I know I'm not and I'm relatively understanding about the austerity measures.
- jsprinkles 14y agoActually, if you know anything about Richard Stallman, he was probably dead serious.
- muyuu 14y agoI've been following Stallman since forever. Even in the article it states that it was said in jest.
- elemeno 14y agoYou'd have to point me at something that would suggest it was said in jest then, since I don't see anything that would support that assertion. Frankly, there's a reason why I used the word 'appreciate' rather than 'respect' and that's because while RMS has done much good for the world, he's also an extremist and a fundamentalist who's publicly held convictions in some areas indirectly damage the cause he's fighting for.
- ternaryoperator 14y agoActually, the OP's original article in Spanish states that he said it ironically and that everyone in the room laughed. See the before-last paragraph.
- ajross 14y agoIt's also considered polite to cut people waiting for an ambulance to arrive to take them to the hospital a little slack.
- AznHisoka 14y agoYep, nobody ever is rational when they feel they might die.
- adnam 14y agoJeez, calm down. It was a joke.
- igorgue 14y agoSpanish speaker here. That's a joke, like, 100% a joke, I can imagine the situation, everyone worried and complaining about the ambulance delay. He wanted to calm everyone down.
- narag 14y agoTo be honest, I think it's a joke on us spaniards. I mean Stallman could have said it jokingly, but the damned cuts are actually killing people.
- dclowd9901 14y agoCorrect me if I'm wrong, but isn't Stallman well-regarded for his incredibly tactless, dickish and knuckleheaded assertions?
- georgespencer 14y agoHis comments on Steve Jobs spring to mind.