But that's his privilege. If he chooses to express his thoughts in that way, he has every right to do so. That's precisely what freedom is. --On Saturday, April 19, 2003 11:11:09 AM +0200 yossarian <yossarianat_private> wrote: >> Thank you. I'm so sick and tired of hearing the cry of "McCarthyism" >> from celebrities who have spoken out against the war and are now >> suffering from boycotts of their products. Get over it. You had the >> right to say what you want. And we have the right to not buy your >> stupid records, movies, whatever. >> >> It's *free* speech, *not* speech without consequences. Ask Senator Trent >> Lott if there is a price for speech. I didn't hear any of the anti-war >> celebrities complain about that. >> > True words, indeed, say what you like but face the consequences. But it is > getting a bit awkward - one of my customers decided not to use any > american computer stuff any more, ever. This means Linux stuff on funny > brands of (taiwanese and french) hardware. I am OK with that for desktop > and server environment (Corel is canadian), and a lot cheaper, but for > the WAN part it is getting really hard. Anyway, underneath it is probably > US anyway. Another customer decided to get rid of american crypto > software, since he is afraid of economic espionage by No such 'n such > Agency, helping his us based competitors. The Brussels incident didn't > really help here.These politically motivated discussions are raising the > cost of computing, i guess. > > yossarian > Paul Schmehl (paulsat_private) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas AVIEN Founding Member http://www.utdallas.edu _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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