RMS Robbed of Passport and Other Belongings In Argentina

RMS Robbed of Passport and Other Belongings In Argentina 386

Posted by timothy on Sunday June 10, 2012 @09:18AM 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."

RMS Robbed of Passport and Other Belongings In Argentina

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FIRST POST (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @09:19AM (#40273903)

Passports want to be free.

Sigh. (Score:5, Funny)

by gruntled ( 107194 ) writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @09:22AM (#40273927)

Free as in steal it.

Re:Sigh. (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @09:23AM (#40273943)

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

Re:Sigh. (Score:4, Funny)

by vlm ( 69642 ) writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @09:24AM (#40273949)

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

Re:Sigh. (Score:5, Funny)

by jellomizer ( 103300 ) writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @09:25AM (#40273961)

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

Donning flameproof underwear in 3...2....1 (Score:5, Funny)

by maroberts ( 15852 ) writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @09:31AM (#40274003) Homepage Journal

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.....

Such a loss... (Score:5, Funny)

by Sfing_ter ( 99478 ) writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @09:38AM (#40274053) Homepage Journal

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

Re:Sigh. (Score:4, Funny)

by DemomanDeveloper ( 2658739 ) writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @09:41AM (#40274091)

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!

help! (Score:4, Funny)

by lkcl ( 517947 ) writes: <lkcl@lkcl.net> on Sunday June 10, 2012 @09:47AM (#40274143) Homepage

quick - someone lend him a windows laptop.

That's enough (Score:4, Funny)

by OverflowingBitBucket ( 464177 ) writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @09:51AM (#40274165) Homepage Journal

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

RMS? (Score:4, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @10:06AM (#40274245)

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

Who steals from wizards? (Score:5, Funny)

by Vyse of Arcadia ( 1220278 ) writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @10:20AM (#40274347)

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."

Re:Sigh. (Score:5, Funny)

by LurkerXXX ( 667952 ) writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @10:20AM (#40274353)

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

Re:Sigh. (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @10:32AM (#40274441)

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?

Re:No news – Happens all the time (Score:5, Funny)

by Progman3K ( 515744 ) writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @10:34AM (#40274465)

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

Re:FIRST POST (Score:5, Funny)

by Mister Transistor ( 259842 ) writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @10:49AM (#40274567) Journal

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!

Re:FIRST POST (Score:4, Funny)

by unixisc ( 2429386 ) writes: on Sunday June 10, 2012 @11:37AM (#40274895)

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

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FIRST POST (Score:5, Funny)

Sigh. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Sigh. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Sigh. (Score:4, Funny)

Re:Sigh. (Score:5, Funny)

Donning flameproof underwear in 3...2....1 (Score:5, Funny)

Such a loss... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Sigh. (Score:4, Funny)

help! (Score:4, Funny)

That's enough (Score:4, Funny)

RMS? (Score:4, Funny)

Who steals from wizards? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Sigh. (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Sigh. (Score:3, Funny)

Re:No news – Happens all the time (Score:5, Funny)

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