>It's a wildly inappropriate place to have the conversation.
Yes, I agree with that in general. As far as I understand, that mailing list is technical and Stallman replied to off-topic message, bringing more off-topic messages.
>The reason RMS can't separate himself from the FSF is because he's synonymous with it.
mjg59, you speak about yourself. It's you who can't separate the person from the foundation. I see Stallman and FSF as two different entities. I understand why people associate Stallman with FSF though, as he is widely known for FSF, but that's not how a sane person should think.
I have friends who hate gays or even all English-speakers in general, but that does not impact their professional career. They are brilliant hardware and software reverse engineers. This is beyond any logic, but this is how it is. Now, this situation is the same: if the topic is "child abuse" and someone says something contraversal, other turn off their logical thinking and blame him.
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Yes, I agree with that in general. As far as I understand, that mailing list is technical and Stallman replied to off-topic message, bringing more off-topic messages.
>The reason RMS can't separate himself from the FSF is because he's synonymous with it.
mjg59, you speak about yourself. It's you who can't separate the person from the foundation. I see Stallman and FSF as two different entities. I understand why people associate Stallman with FSF though, as he is widely known for FSF, but that's not how a sane person should think.
I have friends who hate gays or even all English-speakers in general, but that does not impact their professional career. They are brilliant hardware and software reverse engineers. This is beyond any logic, but this is how it is.
Now, this situation is the same: if the topic is "child abuse" and someone says something contraversal, other turn off their logical thinking and blame him.