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

[Robin Gaskell]

At 01:48 12/04/2000 +0100, Jon Stoneman wrote:
>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.
>   .....
>> 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;
>>   .....
>> Fact is we are smarter than they are, and this is our territory not
>theirs. 
>   .....
>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.
*   OK then.  While your government has tried to muzzle your population
more than has the Oz government, I was probably thinking more of the
international implications of RIP: what is the strength of the section
mentioning something like, ... "assembly of a large number of people to
organise an illegal action"?
    J18 was the first global use of the Net to organise Activism, world-
wide; Seattle was the second major event using the Net extensively.  Will
the RIP Act enable the U.K. government to intimidate, and prosecute British
subjects, who wish to participate in future Global 'Days of Action'?  I
know, personally, of one British activist whose call-sign disappeared from
the Net, after she had been leant on by British Intelligence.
  
>> let's not talk of the "RIP to Dissent".
>> Pete
>>
*   Sure thing.  I offer my Mailing List "creativity" as a suitable site
for the generation of appropriate ''non-violent'' action to put Rest In
Peace to the RIP legislation.

Power and Passion,

Robin Gaskell


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