Good Evening Kurt:
I have carefully read your complaint about Richard Stallman, and while I
believe everyone should be entitled to an opinion on values, I find your
condemnation of Stallman to be unfounded, and not relevant to software
development, particularly Stallman's position on abortion and sex. And
for the record, I find US laws on sexual misconduct with consenting
minors 16-18 to be a miscarriage of justice. Example: My grandfather on
my mother's side married my grand mother's when he was 27, and she was
15, but by today's standard he would be guilty of statutory rape. They
were married for more than 46 years before he passed away. Ultimately
whether or not a minor should be allowed to engage in such activity
should be solely the prerogative of the parents. A recent example of a
miscarriage of justice is a 17 year old who has been requested to
register as a sex offender in Washington state because of consensual
activities with his 15 year old girl friend. I find this to be a
miscarriage of justice. So when it comes to sex, I take issue with your
position, and don't see how Richard Stallman's position on abortion, and
sex is related to software development.
With respect to criminal justice reform, there is a strong case to be
made with respect to overhauling our state's drug and sex laws since
they don't protect anyone except those who make money from
incarceration. The United States incarcerates more people than any
other country on earth, and many of these cases involve consensual
activities with minors, and drug offenses. And for the record, I am a
big fan of the German penal code which appears to be a lot more
functional than our own criminal justice system.
At this point, I think you owe your readers of this list a formal
apology for attempting to use sex, and abortion as a means to bias your
reader's views on Richard Stallman. It
Randal South
On 4/18/21 4:20 AM, Debian Project Secretary - Kurt Roeckx wrote:
Hi,
The results of the General Resolution is:
Option 7 "Debian will not issue a public statement on this issue"
The details of the results are available at:
https://www.debian.org/vote/2021/vote_002
Kurt Roeckx
Debian Project Secretary
