On 26/11/2007, Noah Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 26/11/2007, Tom Loosemore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > It's such dogma which gets you described by otherwise pretty measured > > > civil servants and MPs as 'The Copyleft Taliban' > > This would be highly offensive and on a par with Godwin's Law. > > > > I guess I'm just bored of placard waving. I want to see stuff actually > change. > > Funny that, last time I checked it's the people who protest about > things that get stuff to changed - not the one's who sit around saying > "meh, it's good enough for me."
It's always a bit of an uphill battle when you have people who wish to preserve the status quo by using professional lobbyists. I don't think you are in disagreement here, but I have sympathy for both points of view. Many years ago I spent ages outside the Menwith Hill US base waving placards - and look what it achieved... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7111523.stm Oh, that will be nothing at all then... But it is also true to say that "if everyone stayed at home nothing would ever happen". In my experience dogged determined reasoned arguments usually win out in the end, not placard waving... The effect of protest can end up doing is curtailing the free speech required for reasoned argument... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/7113984.stm -- > Noah Slater <http://www.bytesexual.org/> > > "Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so > far as society is free to use the results." - R. Stallman > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial > list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- Please email me back if you need any more help. Brian Butterworth http://www.ukfree.tv
