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Okay, so because Lennart Poettering blocked some dude on a social network for ranting about how terrible systemd is, Poettering deserves death threats and it's

Okay, so because Lennart Poettering blocked some dude on a social network for ranting about how terrible systemd is, Poettering deserves death threats and it's all his own fault. Got it. All this post really says is "maybe the way Poettering is being treated is completely unacceptable, sure, but have you considered that he wrote systemd?? Isn't that more important??"

jiggy2011 12y ago
He explicitly says the opposite of that in his post , "This is the first time I've heard about the death threats he has been receiving. Nobody deserves such threats. The internet is filled with such vile low lifes. I condemn all such threats.". I think the post is meant to defend Linus who is presumably not sending such threats.
- ben0x539 12y ago
  Yes, he makes sure to condemn all such threats, but then he goes on to put the blame with them on Poettering. He doesn't say "Nobody deserves such threats, I condemn all such threats, and I stand with Poettering against them even tho i profesionally disagree with the guy", he basically says "maybe don't piss people off if you can't handle the abuse".
  - jiggy2011 12y ago
    It seems like he is trying to separate the issues. Perhaps he believes that whatever criticism Lennart received from Linus is justified but that the abuse from anonymous trolls is not.
- MrScruff 12y ago
  Perhaps he's not, but he certainly can't escape any blame if he writes things such as: '...should be retroactively aborted. Who the f*ck does idiotic things like that? How did they not die as babies, considering that they were likely too stupid to find a tit to suck on?' or stating he hoped ARM system-on-chip (SoC) developers would "all die in some incredibly painful accident." A good rule when communicating online is not to write anything you wouldn't say to someone's face.
laurent123456 12y ago
He wrote: > you do not deserve the threats, and I truly do feel bad that you received them And anyway I think people are making a lot out of these so-called death threats. I mean there's plenty of idiots on the internet, and I'm sure famous people receive plenty of idiotic emails including, why not, "death threats", except that they ignore them and move on.

jiggy2011 12y ago

He explicitly says the opposite of that in his post , "This is the first time I've heard about the death threats he has been receiving. Nobody deserves such threats. The internet is filled with such vile low lifes. I condemn all such threats.". I think the post is meant to defend Linus who is presumably not sending such threats.

ben0x539 12y ago
Yes, he makes sure to condemn all such threats, but then he goes on to put the blame with them on Poettering. He doesn't say "Nobody deserves such threats, I condemn all such threats, and I stand with Poettering against them even tho i profesionally disagree with the guy", he basically says "maybe don't piss people off if you can't handle the abuse".
- jiggy2011 12y ago
  It seems like he is trying to separate the issues. Perhaps he believes that whatever criticism Lennart received from Linus is justified but that the abuse from anonymous trolls is not.
MrScruff 12y ago
Perhaps he's not, but he certainly can't escape any blame if he writes things such as: '...should be retroactively aborted. Who the f*ck does idiotic things like that? How did they not die as babies, considering that they were likely too stupid to find a tit to suck on?' or stating he hoped ARM system-on-chip (SoC) developers would "all die in some incredibly painful accident." A good rule when communicating online is not to write anything you wouldn't say to someone's face.

laurent123456 12y ago

He wrote: > you do not deserve the threats, and I truly do feel bad that you received them And anyway I think people are making a lot out of these so-called death threats. I mean there's plenty of idiots on the internet, and I'm sure famous people receive plenty of idiotic emails including, why not, "death threats", except that they ignore them and move on.