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"I refuse to own a tie" is a fact, not an opinion. Much of the following discussion is an opinion. He's not a "minimalist", he is a freedom activist. He believ

by gohrt 13y ago

"I refuse to own a tie" is a fact, not an opinion. Much of the following discussion is an opinion. He's not a "minimalist", he is a freedom activist. He believes ties impinge on freedom. The passenger does not run the train software. The train owner can choose what kind of software they want to use. RMS's trains (of which he has none) do not run non-free software. RMS has thought deeply through these issues for decades, you aren't going to discredit him with 5 minutes of snark. > he seems to have a very negative view of almost all other people. And yet he dedicates his life to improving theirs, even though he could easily accumulate a few million dollars and retire. I'll take enemies like him over friends to make an effort to personally attack strangers for having a principled lifestlye, any day.

derleth 13y ago
> RMS has thought deeply through these issues for decades, you aren't going to discredit him with 5 minutes of snark. But he has weird personal hygiene. Certainly that invalidates one or two of his moral/philosophical points! /s
- supergauntlet 13y ago
  Based on the comments I've seen so far I'm surprised nobody has linked the YouTube video of him eating something out of his foot.
  - Nyubis 13y ago
    For the curious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I25UeVXrEHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I25UeVXrEHQ
rk0567 13y ago
Agree! I just finished reading his "speaker visit pack" - https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/pipermail/developers-public/2011-October/007647.html https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/pipermail/developer... what an ideal nerd :)
valleyer 13y ago
> RMS has thought deeply through these issues for decades, you aren't going to discredit him with 5 minutes of snark. OTOH, religion has been pondered well longer than RMS has been alive. RMS is not going to discredit the Church with 20 years of heresy.
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by gohrt 13y ago

derleth 13y ago

> RMS has thought deeply through these issues for decades, you aren't going to discredit him with 5 minutes of snark. But he has weird personal hygiene. Certainly that invalidates one or two of his moral/philosophical points! /s

supergauntlet 13y ago
Based on the comments I've seen so far I'm surprised nobody has linked the YouTube video of him eating something out of his foot.
- Nyubis 13y ago
  For the curious: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I25UeVXrEHQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I25UeVXrEHQ

rk0567 13y ago

Agree! I just finished reading his "speaker visit pack" - https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/pipermail/developers-public/2011-October/007647.html https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/pipermail/developer... what an ideal nerd :)

valleyer 13y ago

> RMS has thought deeply through these issues for decades, you aren't going to discredit him with 5 minutes of snark. OTOH, religion has been pondered well longer than RMS has been alive. RMS is not going to discredit the Church with 20 years of heresy.

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