[Discuss] RMS talks in March

[eviljoel]

Public figures are typically fair game for criticism and satire. His
joke was mild compared to what you see on broadcast television shows
like the Tonight Show or something. Those jokes are typically considered
socially acceptable. But that is all beside the point...

I'm going to assert that the real reason many of you are critical of
Richard Johnson's joke is that it involved genitalia. I doubt it would
have received the same level of criticism if Johnson commented on
Stallman picking his nose or something.

- eviljoel

On 03/18/2015 03:51 PM, Rich Johnson wrote:
> No worries Joel, nice to see you still around. Guess there is no room
> for old schoolers & their humor anymore. I see how people support
> Richard & then try to make a "Discussion" list censored & non-free by
> eliminating personal comments. No problem here, just the typical "free"
> hypocrisy that Richard Stallman has created. My goodness, imagine if
> people these days went to the old Chicago LUG meetings.
> 
> FYI, if this "not allow discussion which includes personal comments" is
> a rule, you might want to add it to the website & let everyone know you
> got to be a robot to speak on the list. SMH
> 
> --Rich Johnson
> 
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 3:02 PM, meg ford <megford at gnome.org
> <mailto:megford at gnome.org>> wrote:
> 
>     It is the practice of this group to not allow discussion which
>     includes personal comments/attacks. Whether or not you are fine with
>     that on a personal level is your own business, but that is the
>     policy that Jim and I established for the LUG.
> 
>     On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 2:51 PM, eviljoel <eviljoel at linux.com
>     <mailto:eviljoel at linux.com>> wrote:
> 
>         Tolerable conduct and behaviors or our community is a discussion
>         worth
>         having. This isn't a topic we should sweep under the rug.
> 
>         Richard Johnson's comment was at least tangentially related to
>         the free
>         software community and was on topic. I'm angered that people try
>         to tell
>         him how he can and cannot express himself when what he says
>         won't hurt
>         other people. People should not have the right to silence him
>         that way.
>         The line should be whether what you say hurts other people, not just
>         whether you like it or not.
> 
>         - eviljoel
> 
>         On 03/18/2015 02:21 PM, Drew Fustini wrote:
>         > On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:28 PM, eviljoel <eviljoel at linux.com
>         <mailto:eviljoel at linux.com>> wrote:
>         >> We can all certainly at least tolerate a genitalia joke on an
>         Internet
>         >> mailing list.
>         >
>         > Ideally, content on this list should relate to GNU/Linux.
>         >
>         > I suppose it my fault for replying to brian's original
>         announcement
>         > with my post-talk notes.  Let us please let this thread go back to
>         > sleep.
>         >
>         > -drew
>         >
> 
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