>i'm all for discussion about this topic. that being said...<br>>it's hard to enter a discussion with someone who calls your viewpoint nonsense before you even get a word in.<br><br>Sorry that I'm the first one to tell you that there is a political dimension in all we are doing. I hope it wasn't too rude of me...<br>
<br>Fact is that there is a long tradition of hackerspaces in the field of leftist (or rather leftist) counterculture. Of course you can do whatever you like in your little hackerspace in 2009. All I ask for is a certain amount of _respect_ for the difficult work that was done back then. Work that was be far more challenging than plugging in a soldering iron and bringing a Wii. We shouldn't forget that.<br>
<br>Concerning the essay's remarks about gender and whitemaleness: I would be the happiest person alive if it wasn't true... but it is.<br>I see the text not as a way to discredit the movement. No, I think they really care about it.<br>
<br>~Bee~