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Open Source Enables Terrorist States

chill writes "Where to begin? OpenBSD Journal has a couple of update articles on the business of DARPA cancelling POSSE and OpenBSD's grant. And here is a message from Theo de Raadt, the OpenBSD big cheese, with a quote from a military spokesman. How does '...due to world events and the evolving threat posed by increasingly capable nation-states...' grab you? Does open source and freely available security support terrorism by its very nature?"

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  1. Re:Terrorist States by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I also love their hairy backs, arms, and of course
    their hairy lips. OH and don't forget the wonderful
    smell under those sexy burkas.

  2. Re:Terrorist States by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 0, Troll

    no kidding, but you've got an uphill struggle in the USA trying to convince anyone that a woman should be anything other than a stupid, sunbed-tanned, bottle-blonde, fake-breasted, collagen-lipped, lipo-sucked, sparkle-toothed, botox-riddled whore.

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    That was classic intercourse!
  3. Err and who sold stuff to Iraq... by MosesJones · · Score: 1, Troll


    That would be Halliburton... anyone asking Dick Cheney about that these days ?

    To say that Open Source helps terrorists while closed source and big business don't help them is just plain rubbish. Lets play the following game

    1) Where does Bin Laden get his money from is it
    a) Oil
    b) Sell Red Hat
    c) Oil

    2) Which of the following held senior positions in organisations that were associated with terrorism or "evil" states
    a) Dick Cheney
    b) Donald Rumsfeld
    c) George Bush Sr

    Answers are

    1) a or c.
    2) all have held senior positions with organisations that have either supplied facilities or arms to Iraq. George Bush Sr was also involved in the Iran/Contra scandal.

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    An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
  4. Biting the hand that feed you. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It seems that Theo dosent understand or care about the idea that you shouldnt be "biting the hands that feed you". My guess is that he understands now, wishes he could take some of the things he said back.

  5. This is actually GOOD news. by jay-be-em · · Score: 0, Troll

    Because if BSD is dead... terrorism is dead.

    Props to the administration for this astute observation and logic!

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    "Orthodoxy means not thinking--not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness." --Eric Blair
  6. Re:Terrorist States by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You don't have freedom from religion here in the United States. Nowhere does it say that. You must've made it up.

    Also, there've been many thousands of people who expressed their (dumb) opposition to removing Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq, and nothing bad has happened to any of them, other than the millions of people in the USA who actually care about this country's defense naming them for the shitbirds they are. Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences of speech. You apparently have a problem with extrapolating the laws and freedoms in this country to fit your own views, then attacking those of us who haven't done the same from your own little imaginary moral ground.

  7. Re:Terrorist States by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    I don't know what else to say if you think the current administration is unelected. He was elected according to the laws of the Constitution, and if you don't think so, then you're a fucking idiot.

    but since this is slashdot, utter crap like that gets modded up.

  8. Re:Terrorist States by Trolling4Dollars · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ahhh yes.... A new freidn added to my list. I love giving people that green dot when they say something really cool.