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From: Daniel Finster <DF at SDF.LONESTAR.ORG>
Subject: Re: Ethics in programming
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    From: Erik Naggum <ERIK at NAGGUM.NO>
    
    and why did they have to be _cretins_?  I think I missed that argument.

I think the entire idea of giving RMS (or -ANY- programmer) a Nobel
Prize is the most completely asinine suggestion I have ever seen on
this newsgroup.  Much worse even than the Lisp->Perl translator
suggestion.

In other words, it totally annoys me.  This being Usenet, the obvious
thing to do is flame-bait until my opposition decides that I'm as
stupid as I've decided that they are.

In reality, I really don't care about RMS.  I don't ever think about
him, and he has no place in my world.  Much as it may surprise you, I
don't typically go around just badmouthing him to random strangers
(this being a special case).  I don't hate him (though I don't really
like him either; maybe a `neutral' feeling?)

I hope that those of you out there with a sense of humor got some
laughs out of all this.  I certainly had a lot of fun writing my
posts.
    
    are the following comments of yours "more on-track" and "not slamming"?
    
Of course not.  Thats what makes it so funny.
