"sharing" and "consensus" are not the same as "freedom"
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nico Morrison Sent: 05 August 2009 09:24 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [backstage] Fwd: [Autonomo.us] Skype, out? 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 <[email protected]> "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose" -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Jolly Sent: 05 August 2009 07:03 To: [email protected] 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/[email protected]/ - 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]/
