...in trying to underhandedly determine which point of view is 'acceptable' to present to those poor, innocent, unwashed masses out there...
I realize that the only recourse I have is to send a message with my wallet. I will never buy another Symantec product again until they change their opinion on what is fundamentally a tool, capable of either being used morally or mis-used.
Good or evil depends on the use the tool is put to.
For the record, I'm a peace-loving Canadian, who envies the hell out of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the united States, but wishes that there was more being done to protect its literal interpretation, as in Vermont and Alaska.
Places where the citizenry are armed and capable of self-defense are less attractive to criminals. For proof of the corrolary of this, see crime rates in Britain and Australia, pre- and post-ban.
Note that Britain of 100 years ago had few to no laws concerning guns at all (only the criminal mis-use of them), and some of the lowest rates of crime in human history.
Any free man at the time could walk into a shop, purchase gun and ammunition, and walk out, weapon loaded and concealed.
And muggings were surprisingly rare...
Up until 1973, any Canadian citizen could go to the sporting goods / firearms section or hardware counter of their local department store, purchase any rifle or shotgun, and ammunition to go with it, and all without any sort of paper permit required at all. And the crime now known as 'home invasion' was unheard of.
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Looks like ole George Orwell was off by about 20 years.
...in trying to underhandedly determine which point of view is 'acceptable' to present to those poor, innocent, unwashed masses out there...
I realize that the only recourse I have is to send a message with my wallet. I will never buy another Symantec product again until they change their opinion on what is fundamentally a tool, capable of either being used morally or mis-used.
Good or evil depends on the use the tool is put to.
For the record, I'm a peace-loving Canadian, who envies the hell out of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the united States, but wishes that there was more being done to protect its literal interpretation, as in Vermont and Alaska.
Places where the citizenry are armed and capable of self-defense are less attractive to criminals. For proof of the corrolary of this, see crime rates in Britain and Australia, pre- and post-ban.
Note that Britain of 100 years ago had few to no laws concerning guns at all (only the criminal mis-use of them), and some of the lowest rates of crime in human history. Any free man at the time could walk into a shop, purchase gun and ammunition, and walk out, weapon loaded and concealed. And muggings were surprisingly rare...
Up until 1973, any Canadian citizen could go to the sporting goods / firearms section or hardware counter of their local department store, purchase any rifle or shotgun, and ammunition to go with it, and all without any sort of paper permit required at all. And the crime now known as 'home invasion' was unheard of.
Symantec needs to get their head on straight.