Matthew Garrett <mj...@srcf.ucam.org> writes: > On Fri, Jun 04, 2021 at 09:08:25AM -0500, quil...@riseup.net wrote: >> Matthew Garrett <mj...@srcf.ucam.org> writes: >> >> > I don't believe that I've ever conflated his opinions with rape? It's >> > possible that I've been careless with wording at some point, but while I >> > may disagree with Stallman on multiple points I wouldn't categorise any >> > of those as amounting to sex crimes. I will say that I've spent >> > extensive amounts of time working with him to attempt to help him >> > understand why some of his behaviour hurts free software rather than >> > helping it, and was only willing to take this step because I saw no >> > other viable approach. >> >> Conflating accusations against Applebaum and the quest for the removal >> of Stallman does not atract more users to the free software movement. >> If I were to weigh how much hurt Red Hat, Google and Cannonical (your >> past employers) have done to the free software community and with which >> you have collaborated, I would say it would be better to remove you >> instead of him. > > Where did I perform this conflation?
Sun, 4 Apr 2021 02:13:54 +0100 on this mailing list. >> > I also disagree with the claim that I've "taken over" this community in >> > any way. As I said, I believe that functional representation of this >> > community requires at least three people, and I've asked Daniel to give >> > me access to the blog in order to broadcast an appeal for people who'd >> > be willing to assist in that. I'm not proposing to unilaterally appoint >> > people, but in the absence of anyone else who was willing to stand for >> > election we clearly need to find some way to identify potential >> > candidates. >> >> Nobody can represent me but myself. And I would not have you represent >> me, even if I had to. > > Ok! Would you be willing to be part of this representative group? No. I do not think that people can be represented. Representation is a way of control. If I dislike others controlling my decisions, why would I do it to others (unless I try to take advantage of others). Representation is for the the lazy to delegate power to the scammers. You can delegate work, not decisions. Those are very personal. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list Discussion@lists.fsfellowship.eu https://lists.fsfellowship.eu/mailman/listinfo/discussion
