<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">It's not really politics we've gotten to discussing anyway... it's ethics, which is philosophy. <div>And no, that's not "splitting hairs". IMO, discussing ethics related to any field a person finds themselves in is rather important, and completely underrated. ;)<div><br></div><div>- Jamie</div><div><br><div><div>On Dec 6, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Will Bradley wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><p>Dismissing things as hopeless is exactly what the bad guys want you to do :) "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 6, 2011 12:04 PM, "Phillip Rhodes" <<a href="mailto:motley.crue.fan@gmail.com">motley.crue.fan@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 Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 1:51 PM, nicolle n. <<a href="mailto:superherogirl@gmail.com">superherogirl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> politics disgusts me, and i don't enjoy talking about it. i see the<br>
> formation of an even vaguely palatable government as a totally lost cause,<br>
> not worth my time or energy. hacking, to me, is apolitical...i do it<br>
> because it interests me.<br>
<br>
Politics disgusts me as well. But I feel the sting of being denied<br>
the freedom to make<br>
my own choices a little too strongly to just "tune out" and not care.<br>
When I see<br>
politicians and their corporate overlords talking about passing laws<br>
that would - for example - make<br>
it a crime to disassemble and repurpose a bit of equipment that you<br>
bought and paid for... I can't not<br>
get worked up over that, and want to do anything I can to *try* and<br>
effect change.<br>
<br>
Maybe I identify a little too strongly with the main character from "V<br>
for Vendetta," but I do know<br>
that as disgusted as I am, and as much as I long for the freedom to be<br>
completely apathetic about<br>
the political scene, I just can't. Not as long as it affects me.<br>
<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
<br>
Phil<br>
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