Lack of empathy is the definition of psychopathy. A psychopath will look at someone ran over on the street and think "too bad it ruined that nice jacket" or something similarly disjointed form the fact that a human being is dead. Stallman's comment is similarly unempathetic.

A psychopath might also feel kinship with someone they've never met and defend them like family.

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Or we could stop calling each other psychopaths.

> A psychopath might also feel kinship with someone they've never met and defend them like family

No, psychopaths don't feel kinship with anything but themselves.

I lost a point for suggesting that we not bandy about a medical term as a pejorative. I apologize for offending anyone.

No hard feelings; nice little site you have. I would drop reference to bitter humor from "hire me" page though; not many bosses I know like bitter people.

(Reply to bluekeybox). I appreciate the compliment and advice. I may tone my language down but I figured I should be honest! :)

Lighten up, I was only half-serious. Even if RMS is indeed a psychopath, he's not a very dangerous one.