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angdis on March 15, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Richard Stallman: Cell phones are 'Stalin's dream'

He makes perfectly valid and compelling points but then shoots himself in both feet by using the word "Stalin".

Language like that just alienates people. The dude needs a filter.

m_myers on March 15, 2011 | [–]

Would you prefer "Mao", then? http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2328174

nir on March 15, 2011 | [–]

Unfortunately language like that is probably required to get the story in the homepage in the first place.

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