[DMITRY-BOSTON] Re: [free-sklyarov] Re: Continuing the fight

[C. Scott Ananian]

On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Richard Stallman wrote:

>     ???  In what sense did he have a duty?  This wasn't a prearranged test 
>     case; this was a guy visiting a foreign country getting grabbed, and 
>     finding a way to go home again.
> 
> Sometimes a person finds himself in a situation where other people's
> freedom depends on him.  I think that situation brings with it a moral
> duty to stand up for freedom.

Look, I appreciate your strong feelings, but the discussion is not productive.
None of us on this list is Dmitry Sklyarov.  Our opinions don't matter,
and further discussion is only going to cause needless division among us.
Do we *really* want to form "Dmitry should be in jail" and
"Good thing Dmitry's out" factions?  We need to stand together.

Can we make this part of the thread go away?
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