Disappointment in all directions [LWN.net]

Disappointment in all directions

Posted May 6, 2025 19:41 UTC (Tue) by rbranco (subscriber, #129813)
In reply to: Disappointment in all directions by pizza
Parent article: The conclusion of the FSF board review

> That attitude works great... until the day you wake up to find that the leopards are about to eat your face.

To a commonplace expression I can only reply with another: It takes two to tango...

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Disappointment in all directions

Posted May 6, 2025 20:52 UTC (Tue) by pizza (subscriber, #46) [Link] (3 responses)

> But I don't judge people based on their political views... I learned to dismiss those.
> To a commonplace expression I can only reply with another: It takes two to tango...

You appear to be contradicting yourself.

Maybe this has more than run its course?

Posted May 6, 2025 21:01 UTC (Tue) by jake (editor, #205) [Link]

I don't see this sub-thread going anywhere useful for anyone ...

can we please just end it here?

thanks,

jake

Disappointment in all directions

Posted May 7, 2025 10:23 UTC (Wed) by rbranco (subscriber, #129813) [Link] (1 responses)

> You appear to be contradicting yourself.

No I don't. I happen to distrust people complaining about first world problems because they end up preaching third-worldism and cozying up to third-world tyrants.

RMS is radical enough in his own way to risk replacing him with someone even more radical, specially after the coward and lame attempts to smear him. It should give us a new appreciation for the State monopoly on justice, which is preferable to mob lynching.

Disappointment in all directions

Posted May 7, 2025 12:42 UTC (Wed) by daroc (editor, #160859) [Link]

This subthread doesn't seem likely to add much new to the discussion; let's stop the conversation here, please.