[ale] [OT] Linux apparently illegal in MA

[Kenneth Ratliff]

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On Apr 18, 2009, at 7:50 PM, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> Maybe you're right, though.  What is there to get angry about?  We
> already live in a non-free state, we must not be missing much... or
> maybe it's "free enough," and since this isn't happening to _us_ (at
> the moment), we shouldn't bother ourselves with it...

Let me put this another way -

What is there to get angry about that also has to do with Linux? The  
subject header is very misleading. If it said instead 'Linux misuse  
apparently illegal in MA', the public's reaction would have been more  
like 'well, duh'. And if the dude had been dual booting a different  
version of Windows, folks would have just chuckled about it and moved  
on. Is the mere fact that the dude happened to be dual booting Linux  
actually a valid pretext for this discussion to occur here?

The government and it's law enforcement appendages abusing power is  
something to be upset about. It's also nothing new. Venting the  
outrage on a mailing list centered around a piece of software is  
neither the time nor the place, if I'm going to get angry about  
something, I voice it where it might actually make a difference (for  
example, I'm a big 2nd amendment rights activist. You'll never hear me  
complain about anything remotely relating to it in this forum, I voice  
my opinions verbosely, eloquently, and often to the people that it  
might make a difference with - my state and US senators and  
representatives)

Would have been nice if someone participating in this angerfest had at  
least changed the subject header to include an [OT] tag so it could be  
filtered to the trash by those who don't necessarily want to see it,  
but it's cool, I've gone ahead and done it myself.

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