From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jul 23 03:35:58 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA23660 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:35:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (geos01.oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com [134.32.44.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA23631 for ; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:35:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from smoergrd@oslo.sl.slb.com) Received: from sunw110.oslo.Geco-Prakla.slb.com (sunw110 [192.23.231.54]) by oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA14637 ; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:34:18 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by sunw110.oslo.Geco-Prakla.slb.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id MAA23601; Thu, 23 Jul 1998 12:34:17 +0200 To: Wes Peters Cc: gsutter@pobox.com (Gregory Sutter), chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "Open Source Town Meeting" supports only one faction References: <199807230904.DAA03491@obie.softweyr.com> Organization: Schlumberger Geco-Prakla X-Disclaimer: I speak only for myself. From: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Date: 23 Jul 1998 12:34:17 +0200 In-Reply-To: Wes Peters's message of Thu, 23 Jul 1998 03:04:00 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: Lines: 19 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Wes Peters writes: > Did it ever occur to you that the rest of us may be fully cognizant > of the implications of his ideas and STILL reject them as crackpot? > Or, did it occur to you that WE now place you in the same category? Who're "we"? I don't think "we" - at least not all of us - are as quick as you are to place people in neat little labeled cubbyholes. There's no reason to categorize someone as a crackpot simply because he or she adheres to RMS's - or anyone else's - ideology. Everyone has a right to his or her opinion. I did not write off RMS because of his ideology - though I disapprove of it - but because of the way he is promoting it. Specifically, what I find most distasteful is his lack of respect for differing opinions and the disdain with which he treats anyone who does not see things his way. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message