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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 opinion…

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, a…

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 t…

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 proba…

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 spe…

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.

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 we woul…

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 min…

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 lat…

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 th…

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.

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…

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 pae…

Related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26558873

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…

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,…

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…

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-offen…

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 …

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 file…

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. …

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 ch…

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 …

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 revuls…

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 misu…