Re: HateWatch Press Release: Activism vs Hacktivism

From TrojZyr@aol.com
Date Mon, 6 Sep 1999 09:44:15 EDT


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In a message dated 9/5/99 11:08:14 PM Mountain Daylight Time, pete@tao.ca 
writes:

<< I have to disagree with Parsifal and others; we can't forget that we're
 talking about the fucking KKK, right? I don't expect anyone else to accept
 my view, but I choose to live my life with a very hard lined "no tears for
 nazis" point of view. >>

I agree, I think Nazis and KKK should be allowed to express their opinions 
and exercise their first amendment rights, but I think they shouldn't whine 
when someone hacks their website. I consider hacktivism to be a form of 
pranking: it's annoying, but usually fixable.

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