Considering most IRC servers are based in universities and other publically funded institutions, this report is upsetting: someone looking to cut budgets can easily use this as grist to further cut down IRC, and I'm sure somewhere out there some bored RIAA and MS goons are just looking for more targets in their copyright reign of terror. Keep in mind that the only other time IRC made the news was when DALNet was under attack. The fact that the report gives a heavily slanted view of IRC usage has already been mentioned...but try explaining this to a public that has little clue what IRC is...
Loss of second amendment would take away an recourse against the government?
Assuming the U.S. government could some how manipulate the military against its own people, who would claim with a straight face that small firearms would be effective against a modern military with smart weapons and satellite recon?
And for those who would rant on about a possible guerilla war, just remember that most instances of guerilla war have usually been waged against a military operating under heavy politcal restrictions......scary how many people took Red Dawn seriously.
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Considering most IRC servers are based in universities and other publically funded institutions, this report is upsetting: someone looking to cut budgets can easily use this as grist to further cut down IRC, and I'm sure somewhere out there some bored RIAA and MS goons are just looking for more targets in their copyright reign of terror. Keep in mind that the only other time IRC made the news was when DALNet was under attack. The fact that the report gives a heavily slanted view of IRC usage has already been mentioned...but try explaining this to a public that has little clue what IRC is...
Loss of second amendment would take away an recourse against the government? Assuming the U.S. government could some how manipulate the military against its own people, who would claim with a straight face that small firearms would be effective against a modern military with smart weapons and satellite recon? And for those who would rant on about a possible guerilla war, just remember that most instances of guerilla war have usually been waged against a military operating under heavy politcal restrictions... ...scary how many people took Red Dawn seriously.