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[–] 29 points 9 months ago (16 children)

But Linux is just kennel we need to look at all the gnu components that make Linux a complete os.... Wait maybe not https://drewdevault.com/2023/11/25/2023-11-26-RMS-on-sex.html

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    He's right that we shouldn't infantilise teenagers by calling them 'children', lumping them in with prepubescent children as if there's no difference between them.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Sorry but by the article linked above, he whatabouts rape of teenagers with "but they were not children". He may have done a lot of good for free software, but this is not a single poorly worded comment - these kinds of statements can be found by the dozen. And that means he is mentally unwell / mentally damaged to consider them acceptable.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    If I recall he was more hung up on the consent part, because he was probably a black and white logic thinker. If Teen consent, therefore OK. I think later he made a statement that he had re-thought it, after people argued that a teen saying yes is not consent because they can't legally consent.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    Something that the society achieved in the last 150 years are two dogmas:

    • 5/7 8 hours workweek is a maximum
    • people before 18 should not have sex with people after 18

    I'm kinda glad that questioning these puts one into a category of weirdos.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago

    5/7 8 hours workweek is a maximum

    Gig workers and 2-2-3/7-7 shifters that are often forced to work on the off-days:

    people before 18 should not have sex with people after 18

    It's mostly "people younger than 16 should not have sex with people 18 or older", because legal age does not match age of consent. Even then, there are some regions that tend to disagree, most notably China, Central Europe and South American countries that put the lower bound to as low as 14. But it still leaves 18-year olds to be open for grooming by perverts of any age. And that, according to DHS, 8% of women had sex with somebody before reaching the age of 14, 41% had it before age of 16, and 67% before 18, putting any such "dogma" into further questioning.

    Disclaimer: Not proposing anything here, just pointing that answers to those questions are far from being settled upon.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    5/7 is an entitlement in the vast world

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    thank you. very important to share here.

    unfortunately I've heard similar phrasings and ideas expressed by 20- and 30-something year olds in the gaming community. still has me feeling unwell.

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