Richard Stallman Accosted For Tinfoil Hat

ndansmith writes "Bruce Perens posts in his blog about an amusing encounter between Richard Stallman and United Nations security at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis. It seems that RFID technology, which Stallman opposes for privacy reasons, was used in the identification badges for the conference. From the blog: 'You can't give Richard a visible RF ID strip without expecting him to protest. Richard acquired an entire roll of aluminum foil and wore his foil-shielded pass prominently.' During a keynote speech, Stallman also passed around the tinfoil for other to use as well. It seems that UN security was not amused, however, as they would not let him leave the room for some time." What makes this even funnier, of course, is that tin foil hats won't stop them.

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[Urusai]

Capitalism and democracy are simply a means of keeping the populace from realizing or resenting their enslavement. The need for this illusion came about when weapons became cheap enough that the peasantry could afford them, and effectively rebel against oppression.

The real face of government (the overseer on behalf of the aristocracy) comes out with things like drug laws, mandatory IDs, and seatbelt laws. These things implicitly assume you are not responsible and must be made to do what somebody else would have you do.

There is no reason you shouldn't be allowed to sit in a drugged-up stupor all day, other than the need to feed yourself, which is a self-regulating factor. There is no reason for the government to track people, except to control them.

I propose the one thing that will get us out of this mess with one hundred percent surety--a chain email about kittens. Yes, you should forward to everyone in your address book an email like this:

Hello, dear comrade,
I am proposing that you forward this email about kittens to everyone in your address book. When everyone has been emailed, secret subliminal memes *fnord* will reach critical mass and activate the revolution. We shall then be free of the cruel yoke of oppression.
        Most sincerely,
        --- l33t h@xx0r d0oD

[Offer not valid in PRC.]

Viva la revolucion and all that.