Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 19:16:34 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>, "Victor R. Cardona" <vcardona@home.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stallman stalls again Message-ID: <15013.35826.538113.631730@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010306180433.00d417c0@localhost> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010306164606.046d4100@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306131533.046dfc60@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306122244.04477f00@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306092612.00b79f00@localhost> <20010305134937.K80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305114235.046da630@localhost> <20010305200017.D80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305123951.04604b20@localhost> <20010305205030.G80474@lpt.ens.fr> <4.3.2.7.2.20010305125259.00cfdae0@localhost> <20010305142108.A17269@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306011342.045fb360@localhost> <20010306081025.A22143@marx.marvic.chum> <4.3.2.7.2.20010306180433.00d417c0@localhost>
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Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> types:
> At 05:18 PM 3/6/2001, Mike Meyer wrote:
> >The bottom line is that every time I've seen you enter into such a
> >debate, you inevitably wind up attacking Stallman.
> Understanding motivations is important. When you're analyzing or
> reverse-engineering a piece of computer code, it helps to know
> what the author intended to do. The same is true of Stallman's
> actions and writings.
I answered that one in the very first message in the thread:
While trying to understand other peoples motivations is generally a
good idea, discussing them - especially in such negative terms -
isn't.
Accusations of hatred, hidden agendas, and similar things belong in
conspiracy theory debates, not rational debate. Whether or not they
are true isn't really relevant - only a fool would discount an idea
based only on the source.
<mike
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