[NCLUG] Re: [NCLUG] Re: Fwd: Re: possible Qwest protest action in Colorado

[Daniel Miles]

Not that I don't like a good flame war but maybe we should all just agree to be friends.

I didn't see the words anti-freedom or anti-choice anywhere in Matt's letter and everybody *does* have the right to an opinion even if it's unpopular. If you disagree, say so by dispute, not flame.

On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 17:32:09 -0700 (MST)
"Bill Thorson" <thorson at aster.com> wrote:

> > Matt:
> >
> > I didn't know that Slashdot had published anything until I
> > read your message just now. I generally do not read Slashdot,
> > because its employees have posted defamatory remarks about me
> > in the past and most of its readers seem to unthinkingly support
> > Richard Stallman's anti-business, anti-programmer agenda. (As
> > a writer of commercial software who is struggling as it is to
> > compete with Microsoft, I certainly would not want to support a
> > group which seeks, out of spite, to destroy my livelihood.) But
> > I would be happy to participate in a protest against Qwest's
> > activities.
> 
> Oh come on now.  The sole purpose of your message to nclug was
> to spread your anti-stallman, anti-freedom, anti-choice agenda.
> It has nothing to do with the topic. (mine either :^)  You say
> you would not want to support a group which seeks, out of spite,
> to destroy my livelihood but I would venture to guess that you
> own something sold by Microsoft. They are your enemy as you stated.
> 
> I do not agree with RMS on many things but would not like to see
> what this Internet world would be like without him.  The world needs
> radicals like him.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
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