Re: Liberated Software

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert]

 > From: Dion Detterer <http://www.healey.com.au/~diond>
 > Date: Sun  Mar  7,  4:16pm
 >
 > http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert wrote:
 > > 
 > > I suppose I'm an idealist, even if RMS may not be...
 > 
 > Here is, I believe, evidence that he is, in fact, a Rational:
 > 
 > http://catalog.com/hopkins/text/rms-vs-doctor.html
 > 
 > He's obviously got a sense of humour, just no tact. :)

Yeah, this piece is pretty funny...

 > -Dion.
 > 
 > RMS -vs- Doctor, on the evils of Natalism
 > 
 > The Context:
 > 
 > The kabuki-west mailing list is for planning dinners and get-togethers
 > the San Francisco Bay Area. Somebody made the horrible mistake of
 > posting a baby announcement, and RMS
 > ,../images/jsol-rms-gerbil-liz-mg.jpg, replied, at his finest.
 . . .

I must agree with RMS that we do live in a pro-natalist society.  With 6
billion people scheduled-in in October, arguing against the prevalent
pro-natalism probably isn't a bad thing.  (I happen to be, like RMS, a
non-breeder; see http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert/politics.shtml).

Anyway...