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Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference

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Re: Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference

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Wow, if only he were in the United States where you don't have to rely on the Government for medical care...

Yes, but in US you have to have a lot of money for receiving a very basic and fundamental human right: medical care...

Inflammatory statement, and not true. I happen to know doctors in the US who do not refuse care for those who cannot pay.

Re: Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference

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Social/Moral question: Is it acceptable to wish Mr. Stallman well in light of allegations that he has advocated for truly awful practices?

e.g. Dutch pedophiles have formed a political party to campaign for legalization. I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms children.

http://stallman.org/archives/2006-may-aug.html

Re: Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference

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Hi, I am from Barcelona, and I was there. Stallman is a great man. I dont know what happened at the end, but when we were in the talk the organizers told us that the talk is suspended because Stallman was not well. The medical service arrive 20 minutes after Stallman ask for attention. This delay was used by him to say: "Son los recortes, Rajoy nos quiere matar a todos", meaning: The delay is because of the cuts in t…

Wow, if only he were in the United States where you don't have to rely on the Government for medical care...

I live in Boston, Massachusetts, where we have universal health care and some of the best doctors and hospitals in the world. They don't have to be mutually exclusive.

Re: Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference

#34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, if only he were in the United States where you don't have to rely on the Government for medical care...

Yes, but in US you have to have a lot of money for receiving a very basic and fundamental human right: medical care...

I wasn't going to respond to this to avoid prolonging this burgeoning off-topic health care flamewar, but I figured that in the name of cross-cultural understanding, I'd correct you:

Hospitals in the US are obligated to treat any emergency patient regardless of whether they can pay.

Re: Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference

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As much as I appreciate all that Stallman's done over the years (though I don't always agree with him), that just strikes me as a remarkably dickish comment to make. To my mind, 20 minutes is hardly an unreasonable delay when you're not an emergency. To make a snide remark about it when you're a guest in the country and getting the advantages of their free health services is just poor taste and bad manners.

It was obviously a joke and I seriously doubt anyone would be offended by that. I know I'm not and I'm relatively understanding about the austerity measures.

Actually, if you know anything about Richard Stallman, he was probably dead serious.

Re: Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference

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Apparently he's OK http://www.fsf.org/news/richard-stallman-speech-in-barcelona...

Glad he's okay. Let's hope the hospital doesn't offer him breakfast.

At least he probably doesn't need to worry about the hospital buying him a parrot.

Re: Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference

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Social/Moral question: Is it acceptable to wish Mr. Stallman well in light of allegations that he has advocated for truly awful practices? e.g. Dutch pedophiles have formed a political party to campaign for legalization. I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms children. http://stallman.org/archives/2006-may-aug.html

Being skeptical of a claim isn't the same as advocacy.

Re: Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference

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Social/Moral question: Is it acceptable to wish Mr. Stallman well in light of allegations that he has advocated for truly awful practices? e.g. Dutch pedophiles have formed a political party to campaign for legalization. I am skeptical of the claim that voluntarily pedophilia harms children. http://stallman.org/archives/2006-may-aug.html

Bold comment. Privately, I was disappointed that he was fine after reading the news; I suspect that you're not alone in your views based on that and I had a similar moral debate internally.

I'm proud of you for lending your username on HN to remind everybody how truly awful of a person he can be, but I fear that even your clout cannot save this comment from people that love him.

Re: Richard Stallman Collapses At Barcelona Conference

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post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was obviously a joke and I seriously doubt anyone would be offended by that. I know I'm not and I'm relatively understanding about the austerity measures.

Actually, if you know anything about Richard Stallman, he was probably dead serious.

I've been following Stallman since forever. Even in the article it states that it was said in jest.
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