Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 20:42:30 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@iowna.com>, Milo Hyson <milo@cyberlifelabs.com>, Help Victims <fight_terrorism@yahoo.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Helping victims of terror Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010912203732.0492cc80@localhost> In-Reply-To: <01091219512600.11358@proxy.the-i-pa.com> References: <20010912225151.58FCD37B40B@hub.freebsd.org> <20010912215547.98067.qmail@web20806.mail.yahoo.com> <20010912225151.58FCD37B40B@hub.freebsd.org>
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At 05:51 PM 9/12/2001, Bill Moran wrote: >On a more FreeBSD related note, do you think this will provoke the US >government to create restrictions hurtful to the free software community? I certainly hope not! It would help, of course, if people such as Richard Stallman did not promote spiteful agendas which have the same ring to them as those of the terrorists who precipitated this horrible attack. Stallman, like the Islamic fundamentalists who did this terrible thing, promotes an extremist ideology which demonizes others, seeks to destroy them, and is motivated by spite and malice. Thank Heaven that Stallman does not threaten to blow up buildings, and that most advocates of freely redistributable software are more sensible than he. BSD has the right attitude. >Such as crypto restrictions, or new laws allowing the government to invade >our privacy as we use the internet? All in the name of "protecting the country >from possible terrorist threats?" Could pgp be outlawed? It could happen. We should, of course, fight to make sure that it does not. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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