On Tue, 21 Oct 2008, Chuck Cole wrote: >> So, how do I convince someone that they must care about their freedoms? > > Flog their ears unmercifully? :-) Or just set a good example and > share. Stallman said several times last night that setting a good example is the important thing. He does get paid to speak and I ask him to tell me things, so I don't find his writing and speaking to be unmerciful flogging of my ears -- it's something I want and am willing to pay him for. In effect, by buying him his dinner, we were paying him to talk to us about free software. Mike