Red Hat 7.2 B2 comments (rant)

[rac at gabrielmass.com (Richard Chonak)]

> At some point hitherto, Ron Peterson hath spake thusly:
> > rms is not compelling anyone to do anything.  He's requesting.  There's
> > a difference.

and Derek responded:
> There is a difference, I agree.  However on the basis of who he is
> alone, there are those who will feel compelled to do as he asks, and
> attempt to pursuade others to do the same.  I'm reasonably sure he
> knows this, and thus in practice the difference is largely moot.

If persuasion and exhortation are the same as compulsion, we may
really need to stamp out this free-speech stuff.  People might
use it to exhort someone to do something, and we all know how
coercive that is.  Oh, wait; you mean...?  Never mind.

I'm glad this thread is labelled "(rant)".
--RC