[ale] [OT] Linux apparently illegal in MA

[Michael B. Trausch]

On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:25:33 -0400
Kenneth Ratliff <lists at noctum.net> wrote:

> 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?

Use of Linux was stated by the officer to be a supporting reason in his
application for probable cause because of the "fact" that one would
only use it to evade law enforcement.

Not only is that a downright ignorant statement to make, but I don't
see how you can find it anything _but_ deeply offensive, unless you
ignore it completely.

	--- Mike

-- 
UNK told me that since his problems ... his brand new computer has
crashed ... Mr. Calixte is responsible.... The computer has been
looked at by several experts, and none of them can resolve the
problem.                --- Kevin M. Christopher, Boston College PD
 
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