[wplug] Richard Stallman talk at Pitt.

Brandon Kuczenski brandon at 301south.net
Mon Apr 4 20:27:30 EDT 2005


On Mon, 4 Apr 2005, Belcher, Christopher B. wrote:

> As a former English major (at several colleges) and English professor, I 
> take offense to your suggestion that social activitism is only for folks 
> of the aforesaid ilk. Frankly, we hate it as much as anyone, but we are 
> forced to nod our heads and scowl thoughtfully when anyone in academia 
> mentions the concept in order to appear enlightened and accrue brownie 
> points towards getting tenure :) (BTW, I have since seen the light and 
> switched to teaching Computer Science) CBelcher

As a techie who's pondering a change of career, I take offense at the 
suggestion that technically minded folks cannot be cognizant of their 
social environment, or have a desire to change it.

Don't top-post.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      (activism)

-Brandon



>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	wplug-bounces+cbelcher=ccac.edu at wplug.org on behalf of Dave Neuer
> Sent:	Mon 4/4/2005 2:44 PM
> To:	Jonathan Billings; General user list
> Cc:
> Subject:	Re: [wplug] Richard Stallman talk at Pitt.
>
> --- Jonathan Billings <jsbillings at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Apr 4, 2005 10:30 AM, Tim Lesher <tim at lesher.ws>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah, the only thing more annoying than an
>> out-of-touch idealist is
>>> people mischaracterizing an out-of-touch idealist.
>>>
>>
>> Which is almost as funny as a zealot annoyed by
>> someone mocking their
>> out-of-touch idealist.
>>
>> Humor aside, I've always been annoyed by RMS, mostly
>> because he is an
>> activist before being a programmer.
>
> Yeah, when we all know that the only thing which
> should be elevated above programming is internet porn.
>
> Social activism is for English majors.
>
> Dave
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