Janis lives! And it's called sharing and consensus - something the West is conspicuously BAD at. Which is why open-source, Wikipedia and the others are so crucially important.
NMM 2009/8/5 Nick Reynolds-FM&T <nick.reyno...@bbc.co.uk> > "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose" > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk > [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Stephen Jolly > Sent: 05 August 2009 07:03 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out? > > On 4 Aug 2009, at 23:07, Dave Crossland wrote: > > Why should economics trump freedom? > > > > Would you scrap free elections if it was better for the economy? China > > > is proving that free elections are not needed for a efficient > > capitalist market system. > > Well, freedom's great, but you can't eat it. Luckily freedom and > economic growth aren't always mutually exclusive. :-) > > S > > - > 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ > > - > 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/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ >