-Caveat Lector-
Neat post, Charles! CrappleSoft--that's really a good one! LOL!!!
sno0wl
On 26 Dec 98 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> But technology, of course, is a two-edged sword. There are many, many
> potential technological solutions that could help us set ourselves free, but
> they must be solutions that are developed and initiated independently of the
> established system. We must learn to survive independently in the midst of
> Babylon's house, if for no other reason than to prove it can be done. Why not
> set up an independent international network of Internet servers based on
> packet radio? Why not set up an online bartering system and opt out of the
> Beast system entirely? Why not organize corps of volunteer knowledge workers
> and guerilla information activists to develop the software and hardware that
> would be necessary to set up these alternatives? All we really need is food,
> shelter and a little time.
>
> There is no end to the possibilities, if people actually got together and
> started DOING something. Again, it's important to debate economic issues as
> thoroughly as one might beat a dead horse, but it is also extremely important
> to put ideas into action. When our leaders are derelict and corrupt, we must
> lead ourselves; when the system has deteriorated beyond repair, it is up to US
> to build a new one. Failing this, we embrace the idea of controlled dissent
> with open arms.
>
> And the tools we need are sitting right here in front of us. Stop thinking of
> your computers as boxes with microchips and circuits inside. Start thinking of
> them as infinitely malleable blocks of clay, or as cans of paint with your own
> mind serving as an infinite canvas. Start thinking about the possibilities.
> Start thinking.
>
> I came to a snare in the woods kind of half-assed covered in some leaves. I
> spent years staring at it in muted anger. Then I spent some more years
> pointing at it in a rage and yelling at others to come help me stare and point
> at it. Finally I realized that the snare was not only doing its work quite
> well, it had actually managed to entrap many more than it would have caught if
> I'd just ignorantly stepped into it and been caught. Then, finally, I
> remembered the knife in my back pocket. I took it out and cut the rope, and
> I've been pretty happy ever since.
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