Re: HateWatch Press Release: Activism vs Hacktivism

[Parsifal <noosph@noosph.org>]

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You wrote on 6/09/99 0:32 from Chuck0 chuck@tao.ca

>
>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.

No it isn't.
A campaign poster is showed in public places : streets.
A web site is a private property.
To replace its home page, you have to break into this digital property, 
like a burglar.

If you agree with this breaking, you must agree with the FBI when they 
ask for the right to break into your house and have a look at your 
computer when you are away.....

Let's be coherent ....

Freedom of speech and inviolability of private property are two 
fundamental values which can not be reserved to a few ones, or to those 
you think to be worthy of them.

Parsifal

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