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Aaron Swartz - the real reason he was murdered
- Subject: Aaron Swartz - the real reason he was murdered
- From: mirimir at riseup.net (Mirimir)
- Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:47:20 -0700
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On 12/11/2016 09:21 PM, Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
> On 12/11/2016 09:36 PM, Mirimir wrote:
<SNIP>
>> But don't cypherpunks prototypically hate police surveillance?
>>
>> Sacrificing core values for convenience is unwise, no?
>
> Widespread, mass, untargeted surveillance I have a real problem with.
> The same with Fourth Amendment violations; nothing is Surveillance of a
> dumping ground as I described, in response to resident complaints, is at
> worst the lesser of two evils.
>
> "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do
> nothing." So are we going to just sit here and do nothing?
I filter out what I don't want. Others do the same. I don't decide for
others, and I want no one to decide for me.