Why Richard Stallman Was Right All Along 807
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from the legislation-tends-toward-gibberish dept.
from the legislation-tends-toward-gibberish dept.
jrepin sends this excerpt from an opinion piece at OSNews:
"Late last year, president Obama signed a law that makes it possible to indefinitely detain terrorist suspects without any form of trial or due process. Peaceful protesters in Occupy movements all over the world have been labelled as terrorists by the authorities. Initiatives like SOPA promote diligent monitoring of communication channels. Thirty years ago, when Richard Stallman launched the GNU project, and during the three decades that followed, his sometimes extreme views and peculiar antics were ridiculed and disregarded as paranoia — but here we are, 2012, and his once paranoid what-ifs have become reality."
Re:Gasp! Obama... Wr... Wrong?? (Score:5, Funny)
Its amusing that the only time I hear this is from someone on the other side
Yea sure, red candidates can forget one of their three major campaign points, and that is ok, they are just human ... Obama on the other hand misses a button on his coat and its the fucking focus of his incompetency on Fox New Radio for a week
Re:Gasp! Obama... Wr... Wrong?? (Score:4, Funny)
Gasp! You mean the Obama-messiah is less than divinely perfect? Whoa... gonna have to sit down... re-evaluate my religious beliefs...
Never fear, there's still the Paul-messiah to believe in! I'm convinced he would never let messy political realities factor into his political decisions...
Who? (Score:1, Funny)
What Stallman? the founder of GNU? Jesus Christ! That man is a maniac. Don't tell me that a person who doesn't know what a graphic user interface is and that is communist can think and is normal...
Re:Free software wouldn't have helped (Score:2, Funny)
A corpse is a corpse
Of course, of course. But no one can talk to a corpse, of course.
(posted A.C. because I've already moderated)
Re:Hippies Were Right About Everything (Score:3, Funny)
Body hygiene?
Re:Free software wouldn't have helped (Score:4, Funny)
While it's true the GGP can't properly format hyperlinks, that doesn't make his conclusions wrong; it just makes him either stupid, ignorant or lazy.
You left out an option. Perhaps he thought he had it right, checked over it twice to be sure, but simply made a mistake anyhow. Happens all the time. This is why two personnel are required to double check tasks in some environments.
There's another option:-
I have made a deep emotional investment in a value based belief - therefore I will distort reality by focussing on irrelevant issues in order to avoid re-examining my core beliefs. eg. It's all about free software (not the reasons for wanting free software)
Gold is where you find it - it's value is not decreased just because it's found in yucky dirt.
Sigh - more unnecessary proof that evolution is a fact, and that it's not horizontal