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Re: The name gnus-cloud.el


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: The name gnus-cloud.el
Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 17:04:40 +0200

> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> CC: address@hidden, address@hidden
> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2017 09:58:21 -0500
> 
>   > 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?

The exact opposite is to never use it.

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

If we never use it, unconditionally, then we do follow the crowd, just
in reverse direction.  A silly idea doesn't become a smart idea just
by negating everything it says.



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