On Tue, September 17, 2019 9:22 am, Adrienne G. Thompson wrote: > Quiliro, I see you're at [1]riseup.net! > > Your message has made Richard Stallman, an icon to human rights, > resign as > president of the board of directors and as president of the FSF. > As for me, I will stop preferring women for positions on free > software > technical areas. I think that they will earn them if they deserve > such > positions. > > Affirmative action is a noble concept, but sometimes adopting the > policy just doesn't make sense. You always need the very best for > technical positions - which should accordingly be earned on merit. I > doubt that I will be "preferring women" for technical positions at GNU > C-Graph!
I have always made preferences.: - activists over nonactivists - humane people over nonhumane people - women over men and other aspects I consider good practices. Every decision a person makes is politics. I try to be aware of that fact. I can teach anyone interested enough to be a great technician. But now I have eliminated my third category of benefited by my scholarship. > This whole business smells like a set-up. I've noted the number of > people who rushed to distance themselves from rms, some of whom he > might once have considered friends. RMS will rise again in the blink of > an eye! I think what Richard did was strategically the best. I respect him for putting the free software movement in the first place and for being so humble with that action. > You may write me down in history > With your bitter, twisted lies, > You may trod me in the very dirt > But still, like dust, I'll rise. > You may shoot me with your words, > You may cut me with your eyes, > You may kill me with your hatefulness, > But still, like air, I’ll rise. > Just like moons and like suns, > With the certainty of tides, > Just like hopes springing high, > Still I'll rise. > From "Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou Nice! _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
