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That is probably one of the most reasonable disagreements that can be made.

Take some random person and say they use to be a member of some bad organization. Let's pick the WBC (but you can pick many others). Now, say they quit, not because of a change of heart, but because of political pressure that was costing them money. Is this someone you would consider a decent person? I wouldn't.



I was mainly objecting to the weird conspiratorial bit about them waiting for a new tool to complete their nefarious goals.

And the WBC? Come on. ALEC is nothing like that.


>And the WBC? Come on. ALEC is nothing like that.

Substitute any group where you feelings for them approaches Stallman's feelings about ALEC. The actual group picked is irrelevant to the argument.




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