Your catb link doesn't advocate for doing without Stallman. It advocates using the term "open source" and notes that Stallman doesn't think it's pure enough.
Stallman's argument against using "sexual assault" is because he wants people to use the "specific term that avoids moral vagueness about the nature of the criticism."
The specific legal term for a nonconsensual sexual act, including when the victim lacks capacity to consent, is "sexual assault". 34 U.S. Code § 12291 (29) - https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/34/12291#a_27 . I think it's reasonable for people to believe that someone coerced into having sex with another person does not have the capacity to consent.
Ergo, his complaint that "it is absolutely wrong to use the term “sexual assault” in an accusation" is unjustifiable from the get-go.
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Re: 20 years late ?
Date: 2019-09-17 01:58 pm (UTC)Stallman's argument against using "sexual assault" is because he wants people to use the "specific term that avoids moral vagueness about the nature of the criticism."
The specific legal term for a nonconsensual sexual act, including when the victim lacks capacity to consent, is "sexual assault". 34 U.S. Code § 12291 (29) - https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/34/12291#a_27 . I think it's reasonable for people to believe that someone coerced into having sex with another person does not have the capacity to consent.
Ergo, his complaint that "it is absolutely wrong to use the term “sexual assault” in an accusation" is unjustifiable from the get-go.
Am I misrepresenting him?