Hello Greg and everyone else,

i would like to share a lesson from all of this, that I so often shared
with my students while teaching at a local college.

When speaking in any public forum, news media, social media, etc. stick
to your area of expertise. Stay away from statements that will draw you
out into another area. Do not offer opinions that have nothing to do
with your core focus. What has happened here with RMS is just another of
many examples of this. I have been in the news many times over my career
and many times recently, but I learned many years ago, stick to my area
of expertise and don't let the interviewer take me another direction and
don't offer opinions outside of my core focus area.

This being said I will offer some advice not only to the FSF but
everyone on this list as I did my students.

1. Stay professional and think before you speak (or write).

2. Stay on course to your core expertise.

3. Don't offer your opinion on topics outside of your core expertise.

4. Try to keep a positive or neutral spin on your discussion. Even in
the face of true tragedy something positive can come of it to say. I am
a live example of this because I took a violent death and created
something positive from it, so the person which died is not in vain.

-- 
Dr. Tom McKellips, RODC

On 9/17/19 8:26 AM, Greg Farough wrote:
> Hi, everyone,
>
> This is a difficult time for all of us. We believe that it's important
> to give our supporters room to express their feelings on current events
> in our community, and so we have given libreplanet-discuss a little more
> moderation leeway than usual. 
>
> Still, please keep your comments reserved to how we can move forward as
> a movement, and refrain from personal attacks against other members of
> the mailing list. This is also not the venue to be engaging in ethical
> debates other than those directly relating to free software.
>
> All the best,
> -Greg
>