Re: Richard Stallman as Seen via the BBS Scene

On 2/15/23 05:34, maus wrote:
> On 2023-02-15, Citadel BBS History <[email protected]> wrote:
>> "This document makes reference to the terms "Linux" and "open source"
>> without hesitation. Our official position is that the phrase "GNU/Linux"
>> is only used by communists like Richard Stallman who contribute little
>> more than noise and friction to the open source community."
>>
>> Citadel: a storied history
>> https://www.citadel.org/citadel_past_present_and_future.html
>>
>> TLDR; Richard Stallman is a dishwatery pinko commie neanderthal.
>>
> 
> I would disagree. He is a non-group thinker.

He tells us what he thinks about. Richard Stallman Quotes:

"I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms children. 
The arguments that it causes harm seem to be based on cases which aren't 
voluntary, which are then stretched by parents who are horrified by the 
idea that their little baby is maturing."

"There is little evidence to justify the widespread assumption that 
willing participation in pedophilia hurts children. Granted, children 
may not dare say no to an older relative, or may not realize they could 
say no; in that case, even if they do not overtly object, the 
relationship may still feel imposed to them. That's not willing 
participation, it's imposed participation, a different issue."

"Prostitution, adultery, necrophilia, bestiality, possession of child 
pornography, and even incest and pedophilia ... should be legal as long 
as no one is coerced. They are illegal only because of prejudice and 
narrowmindedness."

"I've read that male dolphins try to have sex with humans, and female 
apes solicit sex from humans. What is wrong with giving them what they 
want, if that's what turns you on, or even just to gratify them?"

"Many years ago I posted that I could not see anything wrong about sex 
between an adult and a child, if the child accepted it," Stallman wrote. 
"Through personal conversations in recent years, I've learned to 
understand how sex with a child can harm per psychologically. This 
changed my mind about the matter: I think adults should not do that. I 
am grateful for the conversations that enabled me to understand why."