Richard Stallman/chatlogs

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>RMS in 1978 [in reaction to the DEC Spam of 1978 (emphasis his)]: I didn't receive the DEC message, but I can't imagine I would have been bothered if I have. I get tons of uninteresting mail, and system announcements about babies born, etc. At least a demo might have been interesting.

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>RMS in 1993 [against posting birth announcements on mailing lists (emphasis added)]: Could people please not use this list to announce information of no particular interest to the people on the list? Hundreds of thousands of babies are born every day. While the whole phenomenon is menacing, one of them by itself is not newsworthy. Nor is it a difficult achievement--even some fish can do it. (Now, if you were a seahorse, it would be more interesting, since it would be the male that gave birth.)
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>These birth announcements also spread the myth that having a baby is something to be proud of, which fuels natalist pressure, which leads to pollution, extinction of wildlife, poverty, and ultimately mass starvation.

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>Luc: in 2005 I propose to change paragraph-start in Shell mode and Ielm
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>I can install if desired.
>RMS: This is very disturbing news.
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>There are only two ways out of this squeeze: [possible solutions to the software problem]
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>Stefan, can you work on that?
>Luc: I just got a baby girl and am kind of swamped.
>RMS: I am sorry to hear it. Unless someone else can figure these things out, I guess the release has to wait until you have time. [emphasis added]
>Nick: Congratulations, Stefan! I suggest that you spend any spare time with your daughter as she will grow up before you know it. Emacs, on the other hand, will still be around after she has left home.
>RMS: It doesn't take special talents to reproduce--even plants can do it. On the other hand, contributing to a program like Emacs takes real skill. That is really something to be proud of.
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>It helps more people, too.

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