Privacy was --> America under attack Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Raja Guha wrote: > DO YOU HAVE NO FUCKING SENSE OF PROPORTION? I think he does have a sense of proportion. I do believe that the attack on civil liberties, and the US export of domestic policies to the rest of the world is a big part of why the US was attacked on Tuesday. More of the same foreign policies will just escalate problems, not solve them! I personally have not ruled out direct CIA involvement (or deliberate lack of involvement of a known threat) in the attack given that they are receiving considerable benefit. They have been requesting the circumvention of civil liberties, increased funding, and even the presidency "Star Wars II" which have thus far been rejected by democratic-thinking Americans and other countries. This is giving them just the angle they have wanted. > What exactly do you do on the net, other that surfing porn, that you are > scared of revealing? For myself you should look at http://www.flora.org/ for an example of what I'm involved in. I'm actively involved in Global politics, offering publishing tools to people who oppose some of the same foreign-policies that were likely at the heart of the attack. Will the US protect their citizens from attack, or will they continue to just protect their policies from attack? If the latter, which has been the status-quo so far, I am already being labelled by the US government (and my own government as a NATO member) as being a terrorist. The media was doing this casually during recent anti-Globalization demonstrations in Quebec City and then in Genoa. > > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46747,00.html This is very relevant to Linux, by the way. There are bills in front of the US government that will require government-certification of security devices implanted in pretty much all computing hardware <http://www.flora.org/dmca/forum/all?subject=SSSCA>. The possibility is extremely low that any of this will be Linux compatible, and very high that Linux itself won't be seen as a circumvention technology. --- Russell McOrmond, Internet Consultant: <http://www.flora.ca/> http://www.flora.org/dmca/ Oppose DMCA in Canada! (C) reform process.... http://www.flora.org/competition/ Free-market competition in high-tech http://weblog.flora.org/ It is time to morn and reflect, not anger.. __________________________________________________ Terrorist Attacks on U.S. - How can you help? Donate cash, emergency relief information http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Emergency_Information/ -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/help/faq_list.html
