Stallman Attacked by Ninjas

vivIsel writes "When RMS took the stage to address the Yale Political Union, Yale's venerable parliamentary debate society, it was already an unusual speech: instead of the jacket and tie customary there, he sported a T shirt, and no shoes. But then he was attacked by ninjas. Apparently some students took it into their head to duplicate an XKCD webcomic before a live audience — luckily, though, Stallman didn't resort to violence. Instead, he delivered an excellent speech about DRM."

Comments

T-shirts are communist?

[Anonymous Coward]

Uh, are t-shirts considered "dirty", "commie", or "hippie"? Whatever.

John Gilmore has been known to wear interesting clothing, too, but I don't think anybody would claim he's any of the above.

Q: "Do people have a hard time paying attention when you are not in a suit and tie?"

JG: "... At an international conference, I would not expect cultured people to stare at unfamiliar costumes. ... I can never figure out the singular fascination that people have for what fibers other people wrap around their bodies. It gives small minds something to gossip about, and provides endless simple fun in tweaking them."