Doug Fordham wrote:
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> On Dec 10, 2007 12:55 PM, Jacob Yocom-Piatt <jy-p@fixedpointgroup.com> wrote:
>   
>> Marco Peereboom wrote:
>>     
>>> On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 10:18:47AM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
>>>
>>> Speaking of strawman arguments; this is such an insult to ones
>>> intelligence.  You are basically saying: "you are retarded if you don't
>>> let me tell you what you want".
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> marco, you're forgetting that this is what "freedom" is all about in the
>> US: i tell you what free is... and what the definition of is is...
>>
>>     
> Has nothing to do with what "freedom is all about in the U.S."...how
> about keeping this apolitical and on subject; that being RMS's
> comments as an individual.
>
>   

how about keeping this on subject and including my directly relevant 
comment in your response claiming that my response is not relevant:

"claiming products that use binary blobs and GPL-ed code are more free 
than BSD or ISC stuff is about the dumbest thing i've heard on this list 
lately, and there's plenty of retarded statements that circulate here. 
the pot calling the kettle black never fails to put a smile on my face ;) "

the initial comment is an obvious tie-in to the second one i made: by 
choosing how to define free, rms twists the issue at hand and spins it 
as he sees fit, in this case to support his own interests and projects 
he likes. i am merely pointing out the connection between the tack that 
many US institutions take and his, IMO, acutely misleading comments. in 
this context the analogy is directly relevant. if such blatantly 
self-serving comments were to come from me, another US citizen, i would 
not be one bit surprised if i were criticized on the same grounds.

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