[abstractbill]

I'd rather offend people needlessly than use needless words

Just out of curiosity, have you ever discovered something that you thought would offend enough of your audience that there was no point publishing it?

[pg]

Yes, whole essays.

[rms]

Is that what lead to "What You Can't Say"?

Can you hint at some of those ideas?

[bootload]

"... Just out of curiosity, have you ever discovered something that you thought would offend enough of your audience that there was no point publishing it? ..."

read about "the conformist test" ~ http://paulgraham.com/say.html I've written a few things that on reflection after reading "can't say" I've thrown out.