Re: HateWatch Press Release: Activism vs Hacktivism

[Parsifal <noosph@noosph.org>]

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You wrote on 6/09/99 8:40 from pete pete@tao.ca


>I look forward to agreeing with Parsifal on every point. That day will
>come when we have erradicated oppression (starting with extremists like
>nazis and KKK) 

why not to start by erradicating yourself ?...because you are an 
extremist...


>- and until then, my friend, we're at war, 

no, you are just a romantic.

>and sometimes
>war calls for extreme measures.

that's what say all dictators to justify their acts......state of 
urgency, isn't it .?

> Based on your reaction to this discussion,
>I am guessing that something as terrible as defacing www.kkk.com is pretty
>darn extreme.

What is terrible is that governments use hackers in order to pass ever 
more repressive laws.
That is the only topic you are good at : to be a pretext for repression, 
and a repression which hurts everybody, even the ones who never hack. 
This is the true problem.

If you were able to make your little war with your little ennemies 
without any side-effects for others, i would say, "well, let's them 
play...." but the combination governments+hackers is the worst ennemy of 
freedom of speech.

Not especially the freedom of speech of the KKK, but of everybody.

Parsifal

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