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RMS Robbed of Passport and Other Belongings In Argentina

Posted by timothy on from the low-and-despicable dept.

New submitter Progman3K writes "Richard Stallman, father of the FSF, had his bag containing his laptop, medicine, money and passport stolen after his talk at the University of Buenos Aires on Friday, June 8." Adds reader jones_supa, excerpting from the same linked story: "As a result of this occurrence, he was forced to cancel his talk in Cordoba, and it's still unknown how this will impact the rest of his speaking engagements throughout the world."

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  1. FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Passports want to be free.

    1. Re:FIRST POST by Mister+Transistor · · Score: 4, Funny

      Isn't this one of the old internet scams?

      Please Help! I'm on vacation in a strange country and had my wallet stolen, please send $$ to my address: scammer23@aol.com to help me get home!

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      -- You are in a maze of little, twisty passages, all different... --
    2. Re:FIRST POST by unixisc · · Score: 3, Funny

      Does that mean that he's indefinitely stuck in Argentina? Oh, joy!

  2. Sigh. by gruntled · · Score: 5, Funny

    Free as in steal it.

    1. Re:Sigh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      No, no, no his passport was "open sourced"

    2. Re:Sigh. by vlm · · Score: 3, Funny

      Much better analogy would be he keeps his stuff but copies must be freely redistributed with the source.

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      "Science flies us to the moon. Religion flies us into buildings." - Victor Stenger
    3. Re:Sigh. by jellomizer · · Score: 4, Funny

      I wonder if someone took he speeches, did his speech, and collected the pay for that speech, he would be fine with that.

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      If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
    4. Re:Sigh. by DemomanDeveloper · · Score: 4, Funny

      I think the problem is with those robbers ancient business models. Just like MPAA/RIAA, the robbers are unable to change their business model to current day. No one wants to go fetch a physical copy. Offer a copy of that password at reasonable price, over the internet and without DRM and I might buy it. Information wants to be free!

    5. Re:Sigh. by LurkerXXX · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, but only if they contributed back any ad-lib comments they made.

    6. Re:Sigh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think he would like that. The man seems to be all about getting his message out.

      Wouldn't a tee shirt saying "I'm unrealistic and naive to the point of being a nut-bag" lessen his carbon footprint considerably?

  3. Donning flameproof underwear in 3...2....1 by maroberts · · Score: 5, Funny

    Whichever Argentinian stole it is probably claiming that it is theirs as a result of their ancestor looking after the cow that the bag was made from between 1828 and 1832.....

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    Donte Alistair Anderson Roberts - hi son!
    Karma: Chameleon

  4. Such a loss... by Sfing_ter · · Score: 4, Funny

    What a loss, the only laptop running Gnu Hurd. The individual who stole it will be very sorry though, as he will be forced to use emacs, and as it does everything, it will be the only program on the computer... :D

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    A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Emo Philips
  5. help! by lkcl · · Score: 3, Funny

    quick - someone lend him a windows laptop.

  6. That's enough by OverflowingBitBucket · · Score: 3, Funny

    Okay, that's enough Linus. It's simply not funny any more. Hand it back now.

  7. RMS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess we need to look for a bag with no soap or razor in it.

  8. Who steals from wizards? by Vyse+of+Arcadia · · Score: 4, Funny

    I mean, really, who looks at that beard and thinks, "I'm gonna steal from that wizard. No way his bag has any exploding magical components in it or anything."

  9. Re:No news – Happens all the time by Progman3K · · Score: 5, Funny

    in the few days I was there multiple of my friends had their bags/laptops stolen, while I was in the same room

    I think we have a suspect

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    I don't know the meaning of the word 'don't' - J