On Sun, Dec 16, 2007 at 12:11:16AM -0500, David H. Lynch Jr. wrote: > L wrote: > > > > For about 5 years now I've been looking for an operating system that > > doesn't have the whole freedom of speech attached to it, since I don't > > fall for that. This recent flamewar simply helped confirm my instinct > > that openbsd is not about some idealistic freedom of speech. > OpenBSD have fairly disparate view on what freedom is, but they > both are zealous about the importance of their view of freedom.
Yes, it is called the "dictionary definition" which is like totally extreme. > > > > > > > "A philosopher who did not hurt anyone's feelings was not doing his job." > > --Plato (source: Wikipedia) > > > > "A programmer who did not hurt anyone's feelings was not doing his job." > > --L505 (source: Z505) > > > > One has to speak up and stick up for his programming/philosophy > > practices sometimes, otherwise he won't be heard. The guy who spoke up > > about earth not being flat was ridiculed, flamed, and arrested. > All of that is called free speech. The right of OpenBSD to be > "mean", The right to spray views you do not like or people you think are > idiots with insults, is called free speech. > > OpenBSD takes a particular extremist view of freedom, and free speech. > Yes, it is called the "dictionary definition" which is like totally extreme. The home made version used by double talkers is not extreme. It is ok for them to change definitions to fit their political agenda.
