If it is true that Stallman called these victims as willing. I entirely agree with Marry-Anne. The Free Software movement already lacks female support and these comments will only push more women away. I as a woman who has also suffered harrassment as a child and as an adult, do not want a leader who says things that hurt women. Stallman, you cannot do this. We as members must be strong and have someone else represent us period. FSF should take a stand and provide support for women and actively invite women to a space where we know we are supported, believed in and respected.
Lily -------- Original Message -------- On Sep 15, 2019, 10:35 AM, MARY-ANNE WOLF wrote: > https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/9ke3ke/famed-computer-scientist-richard-stallman-described-epstein-victims-as-entirely-willing > > https://medium.com/@selamie/remove-richard-stallman-fec6ec210794 > > I have been a financial supporter of FSF since... 2011 at least. I first used > emacs in... the 1980's I think it was. > > Way to drive away any female supporter of FSF and Libre software generally, > Richard! I really did think you were smarter than that. > > Look! A person underage (and the age is defined differently in different > states) CANNOT give consent to sex. That is why there is such a thing as > statutory rape. Thus, whether the young lady was paid (and prostitution is > also illegal in most places, and transporting someone for purpose of > prostitution also) and whether she was willing in any other sense, if she was > too young, she CANNOT have given consent to sex, so the sex MUST have been > rape as legally defined. > > If Stallman is too stupid to understand that, the FSF needs to throw him out > with force and distance itself from him as fast as they can, before FSF loses > the support of most of its female supporters and a large fraction of its more > woke male supporters. > > Is Stallman nuts? > > Mary-Anne > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
