From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Sep 12 20:47:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp004pub.verizon.net (smtp004pub.verizon.net [206.46.170.183]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FDB137B414 for ; Wed, 12 Sep 2001 20:47:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gte.net (evrtwa1-ar4-4-34-145-186.evrtwa1.dsl.gtei.net [4.34.145.186]) by smtp004pub.verizon.net with ESMTP ; id f8D3lLq29122 Wed, 12 Sep 2001 22:47:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: (from res03db2@localhost) by gte.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA71404; Wed, 12 Sep 2001 20:48:43 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from res03db2@gte.net) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 20:48:43 -0700 From: Robert Clark To: Brett Glass Cc: Bill Moran , Milo Hyson , Help Victims , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Helping victims of terror Message-ID: <20010912204843.B71356@darkstar.gte.net> References: <20010912225151.58FCD37B40B@hub.freebsd.org> <20010912215547.98067.qmail@web20806.mail.yahoo.com> <20010912225151.58FCD37B40B@hub.freebsd.org> <01091219512600.11358@proxy.the-i-pa.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20010912203732.0492cc80@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010912203732.0492cc80@localhost>; from brett@lariat.org on Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 08:42:30PM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Brett, do you think you could aim a little lower? There is a very tiny amount of space between where these comments are, and the bottom. If you try a little harder, there won't be anything else to say. Thanks, [RC] On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 08:42:30PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > At 05:51 PM 9/12/2001, Bill Moran wrote: > > >On a more FreeBSD related note, do you think this will provoke the US > >government to create restrictions hurtful to the free software community? > > I certainly hope not! It would help, of course, if people such as Richard > Stallman did not promote spiteful agendas which have the same ring to them > as those of the terrorists who precipitated this horrible attack. Stallman, > like the Islamic fundamentalists who did this terrible thing, promotes > an extremist ideology which demonizes others, seeks to destroy them, > and is motivated by spite and malice. Thank Heaven that Stallman does not > threaten to blow up buildings, and that most advocates of freely > redistributable software are more sensible than he. BSD has the right > attitude. > > >Such as crypto restrictions, or new laws allowing the government to invade > >our privacy as we use the internet? All in the name of "protecting the country > >from possible terrorist threats?" Could pgp be outlawed? > > It could happen. We should, of course, fight to make sure that it does > not. > > --Brett > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message