<OT> Re: Big problems in Oz

[Robert Black Eagle]

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On Saturday 07 December 2002 7:45 pm, R. Quenett wrote:
> from dep:
>
> " led to the current miserable situation. here in the east, we have
> " similar in the form of those who think it is somehow better to let
> " tens of thousands of deer starve to death than it is to shoot and
> eat " the things.
>
> Has nothing to do with deer or grass or trees etc etc.  They're just
> the excuse.  Fact is, it's a control issue, pure and simple.

And the last issue is why some geeks, hackers and just plain end users 
are joining an effort to get a large enough lobbying group to keep 
Congress from trying to control everything about the Internet and our 
personal computers.  They're still trying to force everyone to buy what 
they misname "secure" computers (a secure computer is one that allows 
the government to snoop on every computer user connected to a modem, 
DSL, or WebTV and would outlaw opensource  -- secure for government 
snoops and no one else).  So far enormous efforts have kept this 
bizarre notion off the floor or being soundly defeated everytime it's 
come up.

- -- 
Robert Black Eagle	
One gets wise only after being stupid.
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