If everyone just made that a joke there would be no Free Software Movement to speak of today as RMS would be left alone preaching to the vacuum.

You are the one who have to defend your freedom, not someone else. That’s the real message of Stallman, not that he’ll defend your freedom for you. Can’t you think and act for yourself rather that constantly depend on what other people choose and do for you? Be a human being, not just a damn consumer!

If I could get privacy from a place like that, I’d probably use them.

(Although I wonder what would stop such stores from identifying and tracking you too.)

– Charles

Isn’t it funny that you need to read someone clueless such as myself over and over again so that you can feel good about yourself???

There is so much more depth to the issue then you obviously understand. Its actually entertaining reading your reply over and over again to see how clueless you are.

I’ve never seen such a stupid an unrealistic speech such as this one. Keeping with his recipe analogy… well… the ultimate goal of any recipe is, as far as I know, good food. If the freedom to share and modify recipes is so amazingly good in itself, why do people go to restaurants??? Maybe because the person is lazy, maybe it’s because the person will find better food, or maybe because it’s cheaper than cooking your own… who cares? It’s not a matter of why, it’s a matter of having options! And just as I’m not expecting to pay Aunt Mary for her apple pie’s recipe, I also don’t expect to have an apple pie for free in any restaurant. I believe they (the restaurant) are entitled to charge me for the pie, just as I am entitled to go home and cook my own if it pleases me. The fine line which people have a hard time to understand is that eating in a restaurant doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll eat better and the other way around is true too. So, again, it’s a matter of options, not of right or wrong.

As for his concerns with anonimity… well, regardless of the problem itself his approach is the one of a coward, who hides behind his “friends” to protect his anonimity while exposing theirs… and a false one, I might add, since his friends will be connected to interests which are not really theirs, but his.

Last, but not least, his “great” idea of online commerce break through is the stupidest of them all!!! If he’s going to visit a “store” to put his online order, why doesn’t he move his ass to the original store itself and buy whatever it is that he wants?!?! Ohhh… I know… it’s because he might be video-taped at the checkout…

At least his honest and right about something: He really didn’t have time to learn!

Guys, please, keep the level of the people you interview! All the others were great, fun, entertaining and smart, not this one.

to me, this is serious t shirt material.

remember that when you step into the voting booth in November.