Re: [Trisquel-users] blasphemous question here

[onpon4]

I wouldn't compare amputation to using nonfree software. Amputation is bad  
because you lose some functionality of your body and necessary in some cases  
because it prevents serious problems from spreading. Using nonfree software  
is bad because you lose your freedom and maybe necessary because you need a  
certain function. It's rather more like needing to live in a certain  
freedom-hostile country for economic reasons; a less freedom-hostile country  
would be less bad than a more freedom-hostile country, but it would be better  
to not live at a freedom-hostile country at all. Hastily helping such a  
person move to the less freedom-hostile, but still freedom-hostile, country  
is not as good as attempting to help the person find a solution that doesn't  
involve moving to freedom-hostile countries at all.

The lesser of two evils should always be a last resort. Make sure there isn't  
a good choice first.