On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 07:17:20PM +0700, M. Edwin wrote:
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Jure Koren wrote:
On Wednesday 02 March 2005 07:05, Angry wrote:
"Think Free Speech, not Free Beer" Don't like it, use Windows.
You are right, his signature may be a bit silly (from a given perspective) to use on a security related mailing list. However, the contents of the message, not the signature, were very relevant to this list. I also believe it is up to the sender to decide how and when to express his political opinions and I would definitely stand up for his right to do so through a signature on a public mailing list, regardless of what his opinion of anything might be. In some parts of Europe, such freedom of speech is limited because of some of the not very pleasant stuff that has happened to Europe in the last century.
But Mr. Meissner has not been calling for anything but a boycott, which is perfectly OK and although I don't think it might actually make the world a better place, I'm quite fed up (for example) with the US and Japan based corporations trying to impose a harmful patent legislation in the EU by bribing the officials and would, if I was the vocal sort, also describe this opinion in my signatures. Fortunately for all of the politically sensitive types out there, I don't to this.
Since the proposed patent legislation can have a very serious impact on IT security, I think this is very on topic. I apologise to everyone who disagrees.
Really, take it easy, it's just a signature. Besides, almost all US exports are made in China, anyway, so nothing would change. And forced democracy (the most important US export, afaik) is much like forced sex (sorry, couldn't resist, oversimplifying is just so much fun).
Oh yes, one more thing: you are free not to read the e-mail signatures.
Germany is one of the best countries ever. Some in my family speak no English, which is one reason I started teaching myself German. /mich Kuss S.U.S.E. Look it up ;)
I'm living in a poor country who just start "democracy in American way" and work in Japanese company. I know how it feels. Maybe, I'm the one who should speak loud about this thing ;-)
I agree with you, it's a free list. Free not to read, free to speech because we love to use linux everyday.
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