Re: General advice beyond Org

[edgar]

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> Date: Tue, 22 May 2018 06:58:08 -1000
> From: Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: General advice beyond Org
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> On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 9:10 PM,  <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
>
> > That doesn't mean to give up on one's position, nor to give up on
> > convincing the "other" -- but it includes (and that's the painful
> > part :-) accepting the possibility to be convinced by the "other".
>
> And in fact there is another possibility: that you may /both/ be right
> in your own individual ways; there may in fact not be a single
> objective "right" way. Much as it pains me to say a Microsoft user
> could be right--- it may be the best way for some people and some
> tasks.

I have one:
   "Proprietary software rejects their thirst for knowledge: it says, 
“The knowledge you want is a secret—learning is forbidden!” Proprietary 
software is the enemy of the spirit of education, so it should not be 
tolerated in a school, except as an object for reverse engineering." 
[https://www.gnu.org/education/edu-schools.en.html]

> Now, we get into the question of someone /imposing/ their "right"
> answer on someone else who has a different "right" answer ... and all
> the questions in the long thread above return.

Oh! The nice practice of achieving freedom by imposition! :)

> --
> Bob Newell
> Honolulu, Hawai`i

Thanks, Bob. Aloha again!

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