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For Christ sake, this is a guy who writes a very useful text editor and hands it out for free. He's not the UN ambassador of global political reconciliation, as you seem to believe.

This is merely a form of protest. Are you claiming that any form of protest other than the - rather vague - one you've proposed is invalid?

I didn't question his rights to protest however he deems fit. I just brought up the point that he could have done better to achieve his political goals without resorting to escalation or inflammatory rhetoric esp. since this is his first communique regarding this issue.

Brinkmanship and belligerence don't work most of the time and you have to seek a gradual and pragmatist approach to tackle social causes.

I think that he has every right to use whatever platform he has to communicate.