You've really fallen for that protect and server propaganda bullshit, haven't you.

You must have very little real world experience... and few interesting friends.

I never feel better around police. They're the predominant remaining natural predator of humans.

Slashdot... where pointing out evil gets you marked as a troll.

I'm glad you're inspired by NASA. But that's irrelevant, isn't it?

Again, the ends do not justify the means. That fact that NASA inspires you does not make it ok for some people to steal money from other people by force to fund NASA.

It doesn't matter what I do with the money after I rob you; I've still commited theft.

If a program like NASA is so important to so many people, surely those people can self-organize and find a creative method of funding a similar program on a voluntary basis.

And if they fail... that still does not justify robbing your neighbor because space is just so damn cool/important/whatever.

You're joking, right? You've never heard of the FAA? No barriers? Are you for real?

If you have to tolerate a tyrannical hierarchy that wages war and devalues the currency just to use it to steal money from people for your pet project, perhaps you're not being creative enough.

The bottom line is, a moral society recognizes that the ends do not justify the means. Sadly, we're still a long way from a moral society.

And yes, you're part of the problem.

I find it sadly naive that this article is tagged with "science" rather than "politics".

As a libertarian who loves science and technology, the most alieniating aspect of talking to others about science and technology is how much they look to the state to push progress forward.

The state is not a scientific institution. It is the antithesis of science -- it is merely the organized used of force to dominate a population. The government in all its forms is merely a manifestation of the threat or actual use of violence, which is anathema to free thought and inquiry.

State involvement in science will continue to bite us in the ass. I just hope some of you start to rethink your core assumptions as the private space industry continues to pave the way at an accelerating rate -- if the government doesn't grind it to a halt with regulations and subsidizing of inferior alternatives... like NASA.

We're just over the border, and we promise not to pull any shit like this on you.

Why? It's simple: http://freestateproject.org/

Stop being an American.

No, I don't mean move. I mean stop identifying with a collective defined by their acceptance of enslavement to a particular group of thugs and sociopaths who call themselves the U.S. government.

I was born in the region known as America. I live in the region known as America. I'm no fucking American. I'm a person, and my name is Ofer.

The only enemies I have are the people who insist I have enemies.

So fucking sick of collectivism. I am not America, America is not me. I am not responsible for the actions of the psychopaths who claim to rule me; in fact, I continuously oppose them. Countries are not my enemies; they don't even exist outside of our imaginations. 99.9% of the individuals in the world are not my enemies.

"hiding with our enemies"

You're like a retarded child who never figured out that playing make believe stops when it's time to go inside for dinner.

There's plenty of evidence about the NWO's world domination plans (and who can blame them -- if you were in their position and a sociopath, you'd do the same).

There's zero evidence of the existance of any gods.

So, drop the religion/phrophecy crap. I know it's only a small improvement in credibility in the eyes of the mainstream who laugh at both aspects of what you're saying, but at least you'll get a little less contempt from me.

tl;dr: shut up about antichrist, you make me look bad, bro

It doesn't help that nearly 100% of people who affirm AGW are clamoring for a solution that involves giving government more power.

Homework: Go lookup where the US military sits on the list of most polluting countries if it were to be treated as one.

Somes of these things are not like the others:

  - Birthers: who cares, it's not like most of the things any recent president has done is constitutional anyway
  - truthers: some evidence
  - AGW deniers: the science is politicized, which is the real problem
  - anti-vaccine: again, the science is politicized, which makes it hard for some people to trust the "authorities"; plus, any agency willing to murder half a million kids (Iraq during the Clinton sanctions) is, from any objective point of view, also capable of poisoning it's own people, whether accidently or mailiciously; again, the theme here is government involvement hurts science's objectivity and credibility
  - young earthers: religion. barf
  - homeopaths: mystics. barf
  - intelligent design: religion. barf

Just remember that you're blaming the victim.

I didn't create the government or it's absurd copyright laws. When I post some code with no license, I'm not the one threatening to sue. I'm not the one creating a situation where you have to constantly fear me suing no matter how much I assure I won't.

So now I have to go and slap a stupid label on my shit just so that you can feel safe and stop poking me with your but-the-government stick.

The fact is, you're bitching at developers for not using licenses because you *can*. Unlike the real villain of this piece, OSS developers are small enough for you to bully.

tl;dr: "If you don't do this, massa might beat me, and that makes me mad at YOU!"

Secede. Get rid of the federal beast sucking at your throat while simulatenously choking it.

It'll make it easier for the rest of us to do the same, and then maybe we can finally know some peace.