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But, and this is important, there is no natural law algorithm for working out what the words "raping" and "children" mean.

People have to occasionally talk about difficult issues to find out. There isn't a common moral or legal standard about what either of those words mean on the margins, in globally or in the US.

If people can't voice opinions that are wrong, they have no easy way of finding out why those opinions are wrong.

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There are plenty of places where you can talk about what "rape" and "children" mean. There are lots of legal discussion groups that would welcome this conversation. Except he's going to have to meet a somewhat higher bar than "I haven't got a fucking clue what I'm talking about, but here's what I reckon anyway".

When someone linked to your organisation is accused of raping a child that's probably a bad time to start a discussion saying "was she really a child?", and "was it really assault?" and "was it really rape?".

The fact that RMS is incapable of seeing that it was the wrong time to launch this discussion, that there are better places to have that discussion, is precisely why he needed to go.

Can you clarify who you are accusing of raping a child?

I'm not, Stallman is when he says "let's assume Minsky did this".

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