Re: HateWatch Press Release: Activism vs Hacktivism

[Chuck0 <chuck@tao.ca>]

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TrojZyr@aol.com wrote:
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> In a message dated 9/5/99 12:40:56 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> lsi@space.net.au writes:
> 
> << > what other means would there be to divert the attention
> 
>  promotion of your own views - don't push [haters] down, pull
>  yourself up. >>
> 
> I agree....but I still snicker with amusement when I see a hacked site, such
> as godhatesfags.com

I have no problem with activists hacking into somebody's political site
and replacing the home page with something else. This kind of prank is a
traditional one, like marking a mustache on a campaign poster or
detourning an advertisement.

I'm a firm advocate of free speech for EVERYBODY, but if we can't tweak
somebody on their high horse once in a while, then we throw our sense of
humor out the window.

As long as the rest of the files on the site are left unchanged, this is
fine with me.

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