Comment Re:A16:Call to Action!(not for the weak of spirit) (Score 1) 358
A couple things.
You're both wrong. To an extent.
The only place sabotage gets on is on the black list. We're geeks. We fight with words, not fists. But we do fight.
Second, if getting arrested for civil disobedience or spending a night in jail bothers you, Get out. Stop your whining, because you don't deserve the things you complain about. I'm sure it bothered the Indians fighting for independance that they were going to be beaten by English Guards by sticks and worse, but did it stop them? And, the last time I checked, Gandhi wasn't an anarchist or worse.
Do not. I repeat, DO NOT destroy anything. We want to create freedoms. Not for us, but for EVERYONE. That means we can't infringe on another's freedoms to do so. So you want to participate in civil disobedience? You want to make a statement? Develop a device that defeats Region coding on DVD's. Program DeCSS. Then when they come to arrest you, accept it. When they fine you, don't pay. When they put you in jail, don't quaver. Is it worth it? To be free? I don't know what my part in all this is going to be, or even if I'm ready to make a part.
But for all that you might consider holy or worthy, do not hurt those of us who haven't made up our minds by wreckin' sh*t. :P
You're both wrong. To an extent.
The only place sabotage gets on is on the black list. We're geeks. We fight with words, not fists. But we do fight.
Second, if getting arrested for civil disobedience or spending a night in jail bothers you, Get out. Stop your whining, because you don't deserve the things you complain about. I'm sure it bothered the Indians fighting for independance that they were going to be beaten by English Guards by sticks and worse, but did it stop them? And, the last time I checked, Gandhi wasn't an anarchist or worse.
Do not. I repeat, DO NOT destroy anything. We want to create freedoms. Not for us, but for EVERYONE. That means we can't infringe on another's freedoms to do so. So you want to participate in civil disobedience? You want to make a statement? Develop a device that defeats Region coding on DVD's. Program DeCSS. Then when they come to arrest you, accept it. When they fine you, don't pay. When they put you in jail, don't quaver. Is it worth it? To be free? I don't know what my part in all this is going to be, or even if I'm ready to make a part.
But for all that you might consider holy or worthy, do not hurt those of us who haven't made up our minds by wreckin' sh*t.
