[pp.int.general] Richard Stallman suffers High Bood Pressure Incident in Barcelona.

[Travis McCrea]

> Thanks to all of you who have expressed concern for my health.  I am
> ok for the moment, but we don't yet know why I now have high blood pressure.
> I will see my doctor soon.
I would like to blame microsoft and proprietary software for your high blood pressure. :) 

> Meanwhile, I am proud that I used the opportunity to send a pertinent
> political message.  When the ambulance was slow to arrive, I said,
> "It's the cutbacks!  (President) Rajoy wants to kill us all!"  And
> when the paramedics arrived and asked about my identification, I said,
> "If I'm a foreigner without papers, you have to let me die."
lol -- I am pretty sure things like this also contribute to your high blood pressure. I am just really glad you didn't refuse treatment/monitoring from their proprietary computer/monitoring systems. 

> This isn't likely to kill me any time soon, but I will die sometime.
> My suggestion for that time is: Don't mourne, organize!
I will probably mourn anyway, though if you were to.. you know… will me your computer… it would probably go a long way to helping me move on and start organizing. 

Seriously though, it's really great to hear you are okay. Argh!

Travis McCrea
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On 2012-05-12, at 4:16 PM, Richard Stallman wrote:

> Thanks to all of you who have expressed concern for my health.  I am
> ok for the moment, but we don't yet know why I now have high blood pressure.
> I will see my doctor soon.
> 
> Meanwhile, I am proud that I used the opportunity to send a pertinent
> political message.  When the ambulance was slow to arrive, I said,
> "It's the cutbacks!  (President) Rajoy wants to kill us all!"  And
> when the paramedics arrived and asked about my identification, I said,
> "If I'm a foreigner without papers, you have to let me die."
> 
> This isn't likely to kill me any time soon, but I will die sometime.
> My suggestion for that time is: Don't mourne, organize!
> 
> Happy hacking, everyone.
> 
> --
> Dr Richard Stallman
> President, Free Software Foundation
> 51 Franklin St
> Boston MA 02110
> USA
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