Re: pirate bay, w3m, and the interface is just an interface (BEST post ever)

[Marcin Borkowski]

On 2014-12-14, at 15:46, Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> wrote:

> Paul Rankin <paul@tilk.co> writes:
>
>> History has been full of groups who use their majority to arbitrarily
>> strip the rights away from a minority. They had ways of rationalising it
>> away too. Just be sure of who you're aligning yourself with.
>
> I suspect you have the typical capitalistic, myopic financial interest
> on this topic. Otherwise is hard to understand why you say this things.
>
> The entertainment industry is at the forefront on the attack to free
> speech, individual privacy and creativity. They are pushing for a police

Just to be precise: what is at the forefront on the attack to free
speech is the idea of "political correctness".  Though it might be the
case that the media industry (which is something broader than the
entertainment industry) is right behind it.

> state, using war-like propaganda and exploiting political corruption
> against the rights of the citizenry. Just look at the legal changes they
> are proposing all the time.

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University