From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Sep 15 2:50:56 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (albatross.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9720A37B415 for ; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 02:50:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mindspring.com (dialup-209.247.139.129.Dial1.SanJose1.Level3.net [209.247.139.129]) by albatross.prod.itd.earthlink.net (EL-8_9_3_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA20279; Sat, 15 Sep 2001 02:50:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3BA3248D.5E47FDC9@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 02:51:09 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Reply-To: tlambert2@mindspring.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Sony} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mike Meyer Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RMS: A threat to society? References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010913023437.045fae70@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010913002733.05261930@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010912203732.0492cc80@localhost> <20010912225151.58FCD37B40B@hub.freebsd.org> <20010912215547.98067.qmail@web20806.mail.yahoo.com> <01091219512600.11358@proxy.the-i-pa.com> <20010912225428.A9675@citusc17.usc.edu> <4.3.2.7.2.20010913021952.045974f0@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010913185102.0497c9e0@localhost> <15266.22869.722204.601040@guru.mired.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I changed the subject to reflect this thread, since it's really stupid in the context in which it's been placed. Mike Meyer wrote in response to Brett Glass: > I will agree that mine was a nasty, vindictive attack. On the other > hand, what you do not see is that your attack on RMS was at least as > nasty and vindictive. They are, essentially, the same attack - > comparing someone to a lunatic with no regard for human life. You are > doing what I predicted anyone with an agenda would do, and trying to > use the emotional energy generated by this disaster to help forward > your own agenda. Actually, I think that usually, Brett is mostly attacking RMS' philosophy; RMS is merely a convenient example of someone who espouses that philosophy. For the man himself, from personal observation of the man and reading of his writings, I also think RMS has many attributes in common with Theodore Kazinski (the Unibomber). I can give you a large laundry list, starting with his luddism, the fact that he also has written a "Manifesto", his unkempt appearance, his appearing to have, according to the DSM IV, 5 out of the 11 common symptoms of the rare condition Asperger's Syndrome ("Mad Scientist's Disease" -- a variant form of autism), his disdain for the rule of law (in his case, intellectual property law), and so on. In short, RMS is a scar, a shaved head, a monocle, and a bald cat away from being a villian in an Austin Powers movie... -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message