> I respect that you want stay out of the discussion, but I think that to > present this as some larger societal issue which is somewhat academic > is wrong.
Sorry, I didn't mean to say or imply that. What I meant to say is that the very specific discussion we're having in this forum *mirrors* the similar discussion that society is having in that the same issues that are being discussed here are also being discussed there. > And I hate to point to others, because I know these people, who > worked closely with RMS, will get harassed to "proof" their > allegations or will be told that since they were not physically > attacked it doesn't count as harassment. This is exactly what I mean by the need to draw a line. At what point does somebody's behavior rise to the level where it's necessary to take action? In other words, I think the question is less in understanding what RMS's behavior has been (I suspect most people would agree on that), but what the appropriate consequences of that behavior should be.
