During the years 1990 and 1991, there was a lot of arguing about the FTA and the "no tools philosophy" in the dedicated Apple IIGS magazine : Incider/A+. Here comes a small collection of these articles :

Live Free Or Die!	Letters to the editors	Rumours
French Connection	European Connection	Vive la France 1/2	Vive la France 2/2

Thanks to Deckard for the scans!