Re:Masked Protesters Aid Time Warner’s Bottom Line
by Jun8 on Monday August 29, 2011 @11:01AM
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This is ironic beyond words! It brought to mind that the anarchist, underground book that Winston Smith wanted to read so long and finally managed to do so in 1984 was penned by a government agent. Whatever you do, the machinery somehow can get back to you!
What Anonymous should have done is to create their own, unique design, OS'ed, and put it online with an Apache 2.0 license.
P.S. On a different note, Fawkes was a bad guy, if he had succeeded, many people would have died. That's obviously not the way to persuade people.
EDIT: Are the downvoters against OS'ing the mask or using Apache 2.0 license for it. Or maybe they don't agree with the fact that Fawkes was a "bad guy". We'll never know because they don't bother to leave any comments.
If it's the latter: Look, anyone, repeat, anyone who plans to blow up people, for any cause whatsoever is a bad guy in my book. It doesn't matter how many people you kill, or what kind of people they were. If you disagree with this one, there isn't much to discuss, continue the downvoting if you want.
On the other hand, if you think that Anon's use of the mask does not portray the real Fawkes but the movie's depiction of him, that's a different matter. Then we can discuss how V's politics differ, if any, from Fawkes.
What Anonymous should have done is to create their own, unique design, OS'ed, and put it online with an Apache 2.0 license.
P.S. On a different note, Fawkes was a bad guy, if he had succeeded, many people would have died. That's obviously not the way to persuade people.
EDIT: Are the downvoters against OS'ing the mask or using Apache 2.0 license for it. Or maybe they don't agree with the fact that Fawkes was a "bad guy". We'll never know because they don't bother to leave any comments.
If it's the latter: Look, anyone, repeat, anyone who plans to blow up people, for any cause whatsoever is a bad guy in my book. It doesn't matter how many people you kill, or what kind of people they were. If you disagree with this one, there isn't much to discuss, continue the downvoting if you want.
On the other hand, if you think that Anon's use of the mask does not portray the real Fawkes but the movie's depiction of him, that's a different matter. Then we can discuss how V's politics differ, if any, from Fawkes.