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Anything that prevents you from being friendly, a good neighbour, is a terror tactic.
Richard Stallman
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Richard Stallman
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: March 16
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Manhattan borough
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Richard M. Stallman
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Richard Matthew Stallman
St. iGNUcius
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