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by buisi 5y ago
Has he objected? If he is voicing his opinion on his blog, but the policy for GNU (which he runs) is otherwise progressive, then it feels like he is separating his personal opinions from how he operates a professional venue.
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by buisi 5y ago
Using "she" and "he" would be hurtful in reference to a non-binary individual. Non-binary are more common than you think. "they" is useful when you don't know someone's pronouns, and it's better
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by buisi 5y ago
According to messages on their Github, they theorize that Russian speaking individuals are less likely to fear for their careers, as a consequence of signing that letter, even if they otherwise support it.
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by buisi 5y ago
From what I know, this is how HN has always operated. There have been several threads to discuss the situation with Stallman, people have voiced their opinions, and these are probably seen as a rehash of those. There hasn't been much i
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by buisi 5y ago
It looks like the media + detractors still don't understand the Streissand Effect. The petition for RMS is accelerating, the one against was ahead a few days ago. The more they speak, the more unreasonable they act by shouting to fire
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by buisi 5y ago
To be fair, I can imagine these being the people who voted against him being reinstated, so they've just ended up consolidating his control over the FSF.
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by buisi 5y ago
https://theintercept.com/2020/10/20/is-the-traditional-aclu-... https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/02/14/the-aclu-would-not-... > Indeed, Weimar Germany had on statute what
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by buisi 5y ago
While your idea has some merit, there is a distinction to be made between writing a book about completely fictional scenarios involving sex with minors, and advocating sex with minors (telling people that it is fine in a piece of advocacy l
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by buisi 5y ago
It's been a while, but the "child porn" post links to Rick's blog post. Rick made a blog post calling to legalize child porn, and it went over about as well as you'd expect. He later explained why he called for that
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by buisi 5y ago
I think some people have a very naive view of consenting to sex. The idea is they ask someone whether they want to do it, they say yes, and they do it. And they don't really see the harm there. Everyone's happy, right? But, childr
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by buisi 5y ago
To be fair, he was only re-appointed for a short while before he was cancelled. We don't even know what his plans are.
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by buisi 5y ago
I don't really think he is as "irredeemable" as people make him out to be. He could rebrand like Linus, and do less of the things which appear to irritate people. He could run more controversial things through someone else be
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by buisi 5y ago
I don't think it makes sense to view producing such content as so frightening. https://web.archive.org/web/20190602191056/https://cphpost.d... > Cartoons and drawings depicting paedophilia do not
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by buisi 5y ago
Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26558873
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by buisi 5y ago
I presume we're talking about the time he worked as her campaign manager? If he was placed into a role which brought him into direct contact with vulnerable individuals, that would be very reckless, as sadistic offenders are commonly r
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by buisi 5y ago
Well, there are a lot of people who want positions of power, like working as a judge, or having a high position in the government. Undoubtedly, some will turn out to be pedophiles, and / or abusers. We likely hear a lot of places like
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by buisi 5y ago
What are the tweets which her boyfriend posted? If it's just about his fantasies, I'm not really concerned about that, so long as he isn't committing crimes himself, or encouraging others to do so. It can be an outlet for suc
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by buisi 5y ago
I'm going to presume we mean literal torture here, and not rape being akin to torture. Sadistic behavior is indeed a risk factor which puts someone at a heightened risk of re-offending over other child rapists (this isn't to say s
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by buisi 5y ago
To be fair, he voiced most of his opinions on his personal blog, and not on the mailing list. His personal blog is presumably a place which you would peruse, if you wanted to know what his personal views on things are, and it was so obscure
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by buisi 5y ago
German Law is a bit more complicated than people give it credit for. While the police might not proactively go after cases involving some older minors, they will if the person files a complaint. If a situation involves "exploitation&qu
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by buisi 5y ago
They're removed from society to protect society from them. However, depriving someone of their liberty is a pretty extreme step to take, and not one which should be taken lightly. A TS individual for instance may be annoying, however t
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by buisi 5y ago
It would make for a far better world: Older men chasing younger woman and replacing their previous wives? Completely unnecessary. Child sex crimes? Someone can just morph into a child and hook up with someone with the same interest. Unattra
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by buisi 5y ago
I also have a dislike for punishing someone for the acts of someone else. If someone who commits a crime, just so happens to have a particular book, it doesn't mean all the owners of that particular book should be punished for their tr
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by buisi 5y ago
As a response to your dead comment, not only do they not have feelings towards adults in any meaningful sense, other than making a friend, but they actually feel disgust and revulsion towards sexual settings involving adults. In a way, it i
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by buisi 5y ago
I agree with your points, but the wording in the post is very vague. If they mean teens, they should say teens directly, rather than using the word "children" which is easy to misunderstand.
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by buisi 5y ago
Some things which people write or draw are certainly repugnant, extremely repugnant, including some particular forms of hentai manga, and if someone were actually acting out the activities described within, then I would want them to go to p
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by buisi 5y ago
From what I know, it is getting appealed to a higher court, so yes and no. The verdict will be in sooner or later, and at that point, we will know. But, I'll also argue that this never should have gotten to a trial, it is appalling tha
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by buisi 6y ago
> the world has reached a point where it is broadly understood that written erotica is freedom of speech and trying to ban it or make it stop is pointless. Unfortunately, this isn't entirely true, even today. https://www.
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by buisi 6y ago
Relevant: https://twitter.com/EstelMP/status/1369936040702730241 The new E-Privacy Directive (if it doesn't get watered down) might help with the cookie wall problem.
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by buisi 6y ago
I will never cease to be baffled by what people are willing to put to print. These are some interesting questions. If he's writing a book about some fantasy sex between some character and a child, I don't see why he shouldn't

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