memfd_secret() in 5.14 [LWN.net]

memfd_secret() in 5.14

Posted Aug 8, 2021 16:32 UTC (Sun) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: memfd_secret() in 5.14 by khim
Parent article: memfd_secret() in 5.14

> I don't like it, too. But I, unlike Wol, can see a bit farther than the end of my own nose and can see what and why happens because of that change.

You probably don't have to look that far to find plenty of posts by me where I see what is happening, and indeed, I rail against people who are blind to the realities of life. After all, there are plenty of occasions - on LWN - where I rail *against* this blind belief in some thing called "freedom".

But thanks for making me look like RMS. Thanks for making me look like a person who actually DOES BELIEVE in personal choice. This whole thread is because you're advocating TAKING AWAY OTHER PEOPLES' CHOICE.

So on a site full of people dedicated to Freedom, and Choice, thanks for making me look good!

I believe Fascism is defined as "Rule By Corporation". If you want to actively help that, that's down to you. As soon as we lose the WILL to defend freedom, we lose the war. Personally, I don't want to be a corporate slave.

Cheers,
Wol

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memfd_secret() in 5.14

Posted Aug 8, 2021 17:19 UTC (Sun) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

> This whole thread is because you're advocating TAKING AWAY OTHER PEOPLES' CHOICE.

Seriously? You think I want to see people who don't have a choice? I don't.

But if people don't care about fighting for that choice (doesn't matter if that's because of ignorance or because they don't really want to have choice in the first place) then it would be taken from it.

I'm only discussing the implications.

> As soon as we lose the WILL to defend freedom, we lose the war.

Who are these mythical “we”? 2½ geeks? They don't really matter much in the grand theme of things. The majority of people? They don't care and thus it's not even worth discussing if war would be lost or not. We can can only discuss how and when that loss would happen.

> But thanks for making me look like RMS. Thanks for making me look like a person who actually DOES BELIEVE in personal choice.

He is also a person who went from someone whose voice was important to someone who is ostracized and [almost] kicked out from his own organization, don't forget that.

It's only matter of time when both his and yours opinions would become irrelevant.

Mine don't matter much, too, I freely admit that. But at least I don't pretend that I can do things which I can not, really, do.