<p>Remember that you're emailing the <a href="http://hackerspaces.org">hackerspaces.org</a> email list saying "out with the 'hackers'." </p>
<p>Most of us seem to cordially agree that you're free to call your own space whatever you want, and that the word hacker can be an interesting opportunity for a discussion with the public that you can choose or not choose to have. As you said, the important thing is that people become educated. </p>
<p>That's a pretty big concession from an international movement. Arguing past that point especially in this venue could descend into a bunch of trolling. Hacker ethics come from the earliest origins of computing and automation, from the Apple I and UNIVAC to MIT model railroading and ARPAnet; if you disagree with them, you're free to adopt a different ethic. Hackerspaces, coworking spaces, and schools are quite different in their ethics, but all valuable in some way.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 27, 2011 4:54 PM, "B F" <<a href="mailto:bakmthiscl@gmail.com">bakmthiscl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Serendipity Seraph <<a href="mailto:sseraph@me.com">sseraph@me.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Pardon my saying so but this is the statement of a mindless dweeb or rather paranoid individual.<br>
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Ah! Life is so simple when we can characterize all our detractors as<br>
"mindless dweebs." But why stop there? Why not demonize them<br>
completely so we can just exterminate them like vermin?<br>
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> Then tell them differently and do not let the media run your life and decisions. I don't want to be associated with a group that would bow to media generated bullshit.<br>
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Life is too short and the media have the money and the stage -- I<br>
don't. If you guys want to tilt at windmills to preserve your<br>
precious "counterculture", then feel free. I won't be guarding your<br>
flanks.<br>
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I see the importance of the makerspace movement not as a<br>
counterculture -- which I can live without -- but as a means of<br>
educating people in their own capabilities. That's where I plan to<br>
direct my energies.<br>
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