On 05/12/2007, vijay chopra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, but I don't see what TIVO did as oppression, I don't particularly like > what they did, but as I said before, software freedom should be the same as > free speech. I don't like what racists like Nick Griffin or Holocaust > deniers like David Irving say, but I would defend their right to say it; > similarly I will defend TIVOs rights to run free software in any way.
Free expression is totally different from free action. While I think you should be allowed to state a racist opionion I do not thinkk you should be able to take action on it. Anyway, I'm calling Godwin's Law on this. End of discussion. -- Noah Slater <http://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]/
