[Arm-netbook] OT: Librem 5?

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir at cohens.org.il> wrote:

> For every purest of the purists there is someone even more purist.

 ohmmmmmmmmmm....

 but seriously: ethical decision-making is an on-off thing.  it's
either black - you made an ethical decision - or it's white - you made
an UNethical decision.  you chose CONVENIENCE over making a stand, and
saying "no further.  the line is HERE".

 the problem is... people *really* don't like it when you point that
out... because people don't normally think in hard black-and-white.
which is why you get people going completely off-the-fucking-wall NUTS
during question-time at dr stallman's talks.  they accuse him of
hypocrisy, shout and almost scream at him... just so that they can
mentally dismiss everything he said for the past 105 minutes and be
able to walk out in a huff.

in a way, software libre - the whole FSF thing - is basically the
modern-day equivalent of the black rights, slavery freedom / rights,
women's rights, and any civil liberties movement you care to name.
it's just completely unappreciated as such.

l.