I guess I really went off on a bender earlier this morning... I try not to rant on public lists, but this particular law just seems... well for lack of a better word, stupid.
I have long been involved in what could be called advocacy groups. All the Linux users groups I've been a member of were advocates, so were the ham radio groups I was a part of. Each one of those groups, along with furthering the technology and skill, pursued the balance of individual rights and freedoms against the law. I guess this group, a bunch of wireless zealots, has this same core mindset, that we, collectively, enjoy the freedom to use our technologies without encumberance. I think that is cool. Too often in computing, the select and privileged few try to buy laws that restrict the rights of the masses. As a Linux user, I helped to further the spread of open source software so that I could watch DVD's on my computer. I am paying the tax on that DVD-Rom drive to Hollywood, I might as well use that drive with MY operating system. If you follow tech news, you remember what took place about 5 years ago with people that eventually decrypted DVD content on Linux. Laws and lawsuits. This problem was because the law was created on the technology (DMCA laws) and not on the action (theft) My final point is just this: the law should never be about the technology, it should be about the actions. If a cop sees a driver, cell-phone in hand, driving badly, the ticket should be for reckless driving (action) not for the use of a phone (technology). (Okay, ranting over, must get to work today :) David Richard wrote: > We really don't need more infringement on our personal freedoms. > > Get airbags, get good insurance, get a gun, but don't try and legislate > common sense! Natural selection is doing good at keeping the "soccer > moms" from spreading the joy by phone when behind the wheel of their > Suburbans... > > What will that do to Hams and their radios? > > N6GPP > -- > To achieve great things we must live as though we were never going to die. > Marquis de Vauvenargues > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SOCALWUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SOCALWUG SOCALWUG website: http://www.socalwug.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
