Then perhaps it's about time that it changed... It really is not right to generalize all hackers as such...
Is humanity really that cruel? To practically generalize that all hackers are terrorists in a sense. ( Just think, the things anti-free software / opensource personalities / entities can do with this) GNU/Linux is what it is today because of the efforts of several hackers, does it therefore mean (based on the reasoning in question) that GNU/Linux is in fact an OS created by terrorists? If it is so, then this whole war against terror, that is currently going on in the world today, is all a big fat lie--- The U.N., USA, GB, Phil., S-Korea, Japan, China, India, etc. all support the drive against terrorism, but in fact all are supporting/patronizing a terrorist's product(based on the reasoning in question), are they not??? What gives? ..... Thus it is clear that the reasoning in question is very very much wrong ! And should be changed as soon as possible.... Why should it be a crime to be a hacker? Why should a one be called a cracker or a terrorist when he/she is not? Is this just/fair I ask you? Fellow PLUG members and friends of OpenSource / FreeSoftware it is imperative that this change in reasoning begins now. with ourselves, then the people around us, and then Humanity as a whole. :) The time to start is now. Hackers and Non-Hackers alike should strive for this... ( Let us not wait for the day when sovereign hacker states will come into existance and add more division to this already very divided world of humanity ----and on that sad day one humanity's great unifiying force will have become a dividing force.... hehehehe :) ) --- Michael Chaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:20:58AM -0700, bryan > wrote: > > I see that Mr. Erwin Lemuel Olivia has made no > > distinction between a Hacker and a Cracker!!! > > > > In the subject line he says "hackers" but in the > > message body he says "cracker" > > > > I respectfuly request that we (members of PLUG) > ignore > > this request... it seems clear that they make no > > distinctions between hackers and crackers... and > only > > want to use hackers to serve their own ends... > what > > happens after that is anyone's guess.... > > The rest of the world uses the word "hacker" to mean > someone who breaks > into computing systems. Get over it. Seriously. > It's not going to > change. > > Michael > -- > Michael Darrin Chaney > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.michaelchaney.com/ > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go > to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
