* Richard Stallman  [2007-12-14 15:49:54]:
>

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> I generally don't raise the issue, and I did not raise it this time.

> I did not start this discussion.  I posted on this list because people

> were making inaccurate statements about my views.

> 

I noticed that the subject of this thread is "straw men." I'm

familiar with the fallacy. 
"I am unhappy with the various distributions of BSD, because all of

them include, in their installation systems, the ports system, they

all include some non-free programs.  And as a result I can't recommend

any of them."
I believe your clairification to this was that you don't recommend

OpenBSD because it _suggests_ non-free software.  And that people

should not actually be prevented from installing non-free software

(is this latter clairification the straw man argument in question?)
However, when you say things like this:
> I've been trying for a couple of years to get going a modified version

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> of Firefox that won't offer to install any non-free plug-ins, but we

> don't have enough people to make this work very well.  If you would

> like to help, please let me know.  It is an important project.    

It means you are trying to force people!
Stallman, you are so steeped in hypocrisy, you aught to submit a

picture of yourself to various dictionaries.
P.S.  It can't be that difficult to remove the "add plugin" feature

in mozilla firefox.  Do you not code anymore?
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