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The Empires Strike Back
Alien54 writes "Back when the Internet was young - oh, say, eight years ago - there was a school of thought that held that cyberspace was its own sovereign nation. For one thing, 'The Net perceives censorship as damage, and routes around it.' What government could control what was said on the Net? [...] Maybe it's time to change that into, 'Governments perceive the Internet as damage, and gang up on it.' So says Net War columnist Wendy Grossman in an article discussing the recent raids on Indymedia. She makes an interesting case."
"I'd give my left arm for another right arm in place of my current left arm." ... but then it would become very difficult to play baseball or carry heavy boxes.
I never, ever reply to my own posts in reference to moderation, how how in the world was this flamebait? :P
I know nothing
Got sucked into another AC troll again - DAMN !!! there is a reason I put them at -6
Stay tuned for new sig...
... why all of us supposed "gun-nuts" etc. keep firearms because we don't trust the government to preserve our natural rights...
I'm really just disgusted, because if this was a story about someone's "arsenal" being confiscated by the government, the slashdot crowd would be all against the person, denigrating his/her character and intentions.
Freedom isn't free, and if you're not willing to back up your freedoms with the threat of deadly force, you _will_ eventually have them taken away from you.