I would only add that "pragmatic" versus "idealist" is privileged language in the classically Foucault sense.
Stallman in many respects is being pragmatic in the pursuit of his ideology.
Conversely, the NSA and like organizations are working toward their idealist beliefs.
The risk of being pedantic over language should at least be tempered against the realization that privileged language is at the core of much of this discourse[1].
Stallman in many respects is being pragmatic in the pursuit of his ideology.
Conversely, the NSA and like organizations are working toward their idealist beliefs.
The risk of being pedantic over language should at least be tempered against the realization that privileged language is at the core of much of this discourse[1].
[1] "Terrorist"