Absolutely, though I think sadly his idiosyncratic traits played against his message (and I say this as a big rms fan). I think it's similar with the original

Absolutely, though I think sadly his idiosyncratic traits played against his message (and I say this as a big rms fan). I think it's similar with the original post. Regardless of how I feel about present-day computing, I think comparing it with war devices designed to maim and kill people, and that can (and do) keep maiming and killing people long after a war is over isn't going to be very effective.