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1. Greg K Nicholson Richard Stallman Political Notes , Joel Goguen

   @jgoguen I imagine @rms *is* worth listening to on *some* (i.e. technical) matters, which is what attendees expected him to speak about.

   Monday, 13-Jul-09 18:45:44 UTC from web
   • Greg K Nicholson

     #BBC #5-live-sports-extra doesn't seem to realise it's broadcasting the Women's #Ashes: http://ur1.ca/26b9 —but it is: http://ur1.ca/78gs

     Monday, 13-Jul-09 17:37:32 UTC
   • Greg K Nicholson Free Software Foundation , Richard Stallman Political Notes , Joel Goguen

     @jgoguen …if he'd restricted himself to tech, there'd've been no problem. I doubt many consider @rms or the !FSF community-building gurus.

     Monday, 13-Jul-09 18:48:07 UTC
   • Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete DUTRA

     @gregknicholson, but ðey are. Even Linus could not have done a þing wiðout ðem.

     Monday, 13-Jul-09 19:21:59 UTC
   • Matthew Davidson Richard Stallman Political Notes

     @gregknicholson I've never heard of @rms talking about tech. To think that's what he's doing is to miss the point. He talks about ethics.

     Tuesday, 14-Jul-09 03:28:22 UTC
   • Greg K Nicholson Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete DUTRA

     @leandrod RMS has demonstrated himself tactless. #FSF are clearly rubbish at marketing GNU & Ogg—they push principles before practicality.

     Tuesday, 14-Jul-09 03:53:24 UTC
   • Greg K Nicholson Matthew Davidson

     @freemjd OK: if RMS'd spoken only about software ethics, there'd've been no problem. Or generally, if he'd been considerate of his audience.

     Tuesday, 14-Jul-09 03:57:42 UTC
   • Chris Watkins

     @gregknicholson If it's true that RMS refers to "emacs virgins" as females needing to lose that "virginity"... that's extremely offensive.

     Tuesday, 14-Jul-09 04:42:20 UTC
   • Greg K Nicholson Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete DUTRA

     @leandrod “Even” Linus—who only wrote a kernel—may have had no use for Linux without GNU's code. But he wrote Linux without GNU's community.

     Tuesday, 14-Jul-09 04:58:38 UTC
   • Deb Nicholson Chris Watkins

     @chriswaterguy Out of context, almost anything can be construed as offensive.

     Tuesday, 14-Jul-09 15:05:56 UTC
   • Greg K Nicholson Matthew Davidson

     @freemjd on “The Persecution of Saint IGNUcius”: http://coffs.free.net.au/node/60 —which quotes identi.ca/notice/6426888 —with my response.

     Friday, 17-Jul-09 02:59:35 UTC
   • Susan Pinochet

     @gregknicholson A parody of offensive behavior must also be offensive to be effective. Fighting cognitive dissonance requires shock.

     Friday, 17-Jul-09 18:31:46 UTC