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Re: The name gnus-cloud.el


From: Richard Stallman
Subject: Re: The name gnus-cloud.el
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 09:58:21 -0500

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  > > It is better to risk looking ridiculous than to sheepishly follow the
  > > crowd and spread the ideas we criticize.

  > Btw, by always doing the exact opposite of what the crowd does in this
  > matter, we are actually still "following the crowd", 

What is "the exact opposite" of using a buzzword?  I don't think that
concept is well-defined.  What I want to do is _not use it_.

By declining to use that buzzword, we are _reacting_ to the crowd that
uses it.  Reacting is different from following.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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