[plug] 1984

Oliver White ojw at iinet.net.au
Tue May 25 12:36:00 WST 1999


have you signed up for the censorship list I pointed you to?

An interesting thing came up.... what about Bugtraq? It explicitly instructs on
how to perform a crime, and may be covered (as is a certain locksmithing
textbook, for the same reasons).

Christian wrote:

> Mim M wrote:
>
> > It seems to me that parents are the only ones to decide when their children
> > should learn about a particular topic, after all they know better than
> > anyone when their children are ready.
>
> I agree completely.
>
> > If the government wants to be 'parents' to all children out there, maybe
> > they should provide a little more financial support to implement all those
> > rules it feels necessary to impose on families.
>
> You're right here too... except worse than what you've said here, the
> government doesn't want to be 'parents' to all the children out there
> but also 'parents' to all the adults too!
>
> Regards,
>
> Christian.
>
> --
> ========================================================================
> I'm not trying to give users what they want, I'm trying to give them
> freedom, which they can then accept or reject. If people don't want
> freedom, they may be out of luck with me, but I won't allow them to
> define for me what is right, what is worth spending my life for.
>                                                     - Richard Stallman



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