aaron's back from the beach!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 1:28 PM, arxaaron <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arxaaron@gmail.com">arxaaron@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div></div>And, I believe, precisely the same thing that everyone who<br>
has stated they would NOT buy an iPad has been saying.<br>
For many of us that choice goes on to include any similar<br>
closed use, inextensible, proprietary, freedom restricting<br>
technology. There are very valid reason for this choice<br>
that don't warrant any derisive head shaking at all.<br>
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In the Consumerist, Corporate Welfare State that we are<br>
currently forced to struggle to survive in, the only voice or<br>
vote being left to we human beings is our wallets, though<br>
that vote is being devalued with every corporate welfare<br>
bailout and concession and, in this country the wallet vote<br>
is now almost worthless due to the recent Supreme Corrupt<br>
declaration that corporapist conglomerates are "persons"<br>
that cannot be restrained from corrupting and usurping our<br>
government, undermining our democracy and dismantling<br>
the United States Constitution.<br>
<br>
So, no matter how diminished they may become, my wallet<br>
vote will never go to products that erode my civil liberties<br>
and my consumer voice will be used to criticize them. In<br>
the same vein, all my other votes and voices will be devoted<br>
to dismantling the institutions of corruption that, by the<br>
nature of their very design, are constantly assaulting<br>
our human rights as well.<br>
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peace<br>
aaron<br>
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