Huh, somehow this just went straight to Bruno, so I'm forwarding it to the list. -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Ric Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> > To: Bruno Wolff III <bruno@xxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: How NSA access was built into Windows > Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:38:05 -0500 > > On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 00:58 -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 00:04:41 -0500, > > Ric Moore <wayward4now@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 23:53 -0500, Todd Zullinger wrote: > > > > > > > Firstly, Phil wasn't in prison. Certainly the US governments undue > > > > harassment of him was a great burden on him, but it is not nearly as > > > > harsh as prison would have been. > > > > > > That's a common misconception, prison would have actually been far > > > easier for his classification type. He probably would have gone to > > > minimum custody and work release right off the bat. Not being able to > > > pay rent nor eat would have been worse. <g> The stuff you see on TV is > > > mostly Maximum-Custody for the purely pathological. Only a few live like > > > that when you consider that 2.7 million are locked up. The vast majority > > > serve time in Medium or Minimum custody. Those will be released if they > > > keep their noses clean, so they do. Ric > > > > Since some people wanted to make an example of him, it isn't clear that > > he would go to a minimum security prison. If he tried that stunt today, he'd > > end up in Gitmo without anyone knowing what happened to him. > > God, you're completely right! What was I thinking! Damn straight he'd be > gone and no one would know. > > And, as Bruno stated it will take grassroots movement, once the > technical issues are clear. I was on the phone to my Senator's Office > last week, to schedule an appointment to air some grievances and to > invite him or one of his aides to our Non-Profit "Community Success > Initiatives" meeting in Raleigh at the end of this month. My experience > is usually that they are ready to go to our meetings rather than to deal > with me one on one. <cackles> Either serves my purpose. > > So, heck yes, I am politically active with regards to prison reforms. We > have about 450 active people and organizations just in NC on our mailing > list. Gene is active with other agendas. Bruno didn't know that. So, > with this thread I'm trying to glean some concrete examples of any > potential threat. So far, nothing really concrete. Might be a completely > dead issue. But, if someone knows something the rest of us should know, > killing the discussion would halt finding out about it for sure. It's > about run it's course, so if anyone really has some dirt, let's have it > or maybe it would be best to let it die of natural causes. My two cents > only, Ric > > -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
