Thomas Bushnell has written a thoughtful piece about RMS on Medium: https://medium.com/@thomas.bushnell/a-reflection-on-the-departure-of-rms-18e6a835fd84 People who have been following this thread might want to read it.
On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 12:58 PM Derek Martin <inva...@pizzashack.org> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 11:23:26AM -0500, Derek Martin wrote: > > Whatever conduct you want to criticize, you should describe it with a > > specific term that avoids moral vagueness about the nature of the > > criticism. > > > > I can not see how, unless you suck at reading English, you can > > interpret this any way other than that he takes issue with the term > > "sexual assault" PRECISELY because it is NOT "clearly defined." > > So I lied, I do see a way: If you choose to read in the worst > possible unstated intentions of the person making the statements. > This is unfortunately a tactic that has become commonplace in recent > years. Then you get the interpretation that you have taken. > > > > Now substitute Epstein for Minsky in RMS' rhetoric and see what you > get. > > Actully what rms expressly called for--being explicit about that which you > are accusing someone--would work just fine if you substituted Epstein > for Minsky. > > -- > Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 > -=-=-=-=- > This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will > result in > undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss