As with his recent statement on Steve Jobs's death, I suspect he's adopting an extreme position in response to a normative position he opposes. I think that's kind of how he operates.
I don't like the societal expectation that children are inherently to be welcomed either. In some ways I wish I had the nerve to respond as forthrightly as RMS, although I'm also glad I have sufficient social self-preservation instinct not to.
I really don't want to be negative about Steve Jobs at the moment, especially somewhere like HN where it's conceivable people who knew him in real life might read it, but I am getting fairly tired of the endless hagiography, and especially of semi-informed people telling me how enormous and positive his influence on my life has supposedly been. While I don't think RMS's statement was very sensible, I think perhaps I can sympathise with his motivation.
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As with his recent statement on Steve Jobs's death, I suspect he's adopting an extreme position in response to a normative position he opposes. I think that's kind of how he operates.
I don't like the societal expectation that children are inherently to be welcomed either. In some ways I wish I had the nerve to respond as forthrightly as RMS, although I'm also glad I have sufficient social self-preservation instinct not to.
I really don't want to be negative about Steve Jobs at the moment, especially somewhere like HN where it's conceivable people who knew him in real life might read it, but I am getting fairly tired of the endless hagiography, and especially of semi-informed people telling me how enormous and positive his influence on my life has supposedly been. While I don't think RMS's statement was very sensible, I think perhaps I can sympathise with his motivation.