[ale] Linux apparently illegal in MA

[Richard Bronosky]

Okay, let's put this to rest. No one wants a pissed off 2nd Amendment
rights activist on their hands. ;-)

On 4/18/09, Kenneth Ratliff <lists at noctum.net> wrote:
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> On Apr 18, 2009, at 7:50 PM, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>> Maybe you're right, though.  What is there to get angry about?  We
>> already live in a non-free state, we must not be missing much... or
>> maybe it's "free enough," and since this isn't happening to _us_ (at
>> the moment), we shouldn't bother ourselves with it...
>
> Let me put this another way -
>
> What is there to get angry about that also has to do with Linux? The
> subject header is very misleading. If it said instead 'Linux misuse
> apparently illegal in MA', the public's reaction would have been more
> like 'well, duh'. And if the dude had been dual booting a different
> version of Windows, folks would have just chuckled about it and moved
> on. Is the mere fact that the dude happened to be dual booting Linux
> actually a valid pretext for this discussion to occur here?
>
> The government and it's law enforcement appendages abusing power is
> something to be upset about. It's also nothing new. Venting the
> outrage on a mailing list centered around a piece of software is
> neither the time nor the place, if I'm going to get angry about
> something, I voice it where it might actually make a difference (for
> example, I'm a big 2nd amendment rights activist. You'll never hear me
> complain about anything remotely relating to it in this forum, I voice
> my opinions verbosely, eloquently, and often to the people that it
> might make a difference with - my state and US senators and
> representatives)
>
> Would have been nice if someone participating in this angerfest had at
> least changed the subject header to include an [OT] tag so it could be
> filtered to the trash by those who don't necessarily want to see it,
> but it's cool, I've gone ahead and done it myself.
>
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