IMHO -
continuing to live dedicated to a righteous cause and
persistently pursuing it no matter what the obstacles are, tirelessly
without a vested interested counts as giving one's life and blood.
it doesnt - perhaps you are too young to have gone through periods in
our nation's history where people *really* shed *real* blood, were
tortured, starved and killed for freedom. If you had, you wouldnt
spout tripe like this.
'Tis true that i am ``too young to have gone through periods in our
nation's history where people *really* shed *real* blood, were
tortured, starved and killed for freedom".
But perhaps you have forgotten that some people actually bother to
read History books and get angry to see mankind repeating its mistakes
and misdeeds time after time. Tyranny is tyranny let it be the KGB
putting restrictions on who could use the photocopier and for what or
governments supporting DRM to suppress what information can be shared
and what can't.
If we simply choose to ignore what's happening in world like DRM,
Software Patents, and
Trusted(sic) Computing then things will just get worse. If we don't
care and don't bother to do a thing about it - its a carte blanch
invitation for corporates and governments to go ahead and do what they
want regardless of its merit.
K.G, i'm not belittling the sacrifices of our nations freedom
fighters. i'm just saying its wrong for us to ignore those who are
fighting for freedom and liberty in software and if we have an
oppertunity to say something about it - we should.
Regards,
- vihan
