[Discuss] RMS talks in March

Bonnie King misterbonnie at gmail.com
Wed Mar 18 23:44:02 UTC 2015


So, I started it (I'm sorry), and I promise it wasn't because it was
about balls.

I'm dismayed that the response to anything RMS these days has become
to joke about how gross he is. Not that I haven't been guilty of that
myself. I didn't like that the first and only response to a post
announcing his talk would be that.

On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 5:36 PM, eviljoel <eviljoel at linux.com> wrote:
> 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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