[Ir-l] [IR-L]: Re: RIP (fwd) YO LETS GO! THAT"S THE SPIRIT!

[Jon]

I am a newbie myself, but I am learning this shit fast.
There is always something that can be done about pisspoor
situations. Am mainly keeping my e-mouth shut and working
on getting up to speed, so as to be more helpful in this 4real
battle shaping up on and off the web.

Jon Stoneman

----- Original Message -----
From: Pete Reffell <zappa at gn.apc.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list <ir-l at gn.apc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2000 11:30 AM
Subject: [IR-L]: Re: RIP (fwd)


> Robin Gaskell wrote:
>
> >This new bill threatens to put RIP to Dissent.
>
> Not as long as I have a hole in my arse ;-)
> What we have to remember is that in the past we have said X
legislation will
> put an end to dissent or will jeopardise dissent; 1984 Public Order
Act,
> 1991 Criminal Justice and Public Order, Prevention of Terrorism,
etc. Fact
> is we are smarter than they are, and this is our territory not
theirs. I
> think the Scrambling for Safety conference the other month
demonstrated this
> perfectly. The British government are about two years behind the
> technology - they can't even organise a national strategy to get
their
> population IT literate, they got fleeced by the industry over Y2K,
and will
> continue to be fleeced by anyone with more than a grain of IT savvy.
Let's
> face it, we've been using the technology for longer, know more about
it, and
> thus can out manoeuvre them.
> Let's be positive! The more people Mr. Straw alienates, the more
people
> become exposed to alternative ways of thinking. So come on all you
geeks,
> activists, teachers, propagandists and general miscreants; let's
show HM
> government what dissent is. The fight for this one has only just
started
> let's not talk of the "RIP to Dissent".
> Pete
>
>