> On Apr 14, 2021, at 5:10 PM, Christopher Dimech <dim...@gmx.com> wrote:
> What are we? Adults or Children? You know, as I know, that identities > can be made up. There are many computing specialists who can do that. > They can even be made so it looks as though they were sent by you, or > from your work and home address. They could even be made up to look as > though your children sent them. That’s far out man, like outer space far out. It’s fortunate, though, that despite this confusing world of tricksters you find yourself in, you have maintained the kind of confidence and composure required to put in thisn insincere kind of low-effort trolling to defend your principals, in a serious discussion that were it to go the wrong way, could well potentially also require you to take responsibility for your behavior in public. > So my point here — if it’s okay just to have a point when people should > already be drinking and dancing — my point is let’s not get confused. Do you imagine people may one day solemnly read through these archives here, shaking their heads at how Mr. Stallman was treated, how mean and irrational it all was, even as even you tried your best to outwit the members into doing the right thing… Just as people do when reading Socrates' Apology, or Tacitus talking about the suffering under emperors? That would be sad because the annals of the mailing list will be available verbatim, probably Literally forever, so obviously that can’t happen. Aaron
