London incidents

Tue Jul 12 21:30:53 UTC 2005

On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 09:26:33AM +1200, Mark Foster wrote:
> > Shutting down the networks just because they can be used to trigger a
> > bomb is asinine, though, yes.
> 
> Its the first step toward the Police State mentality that I fear is going to
> develop over time.
> And damned if I know what to do about it.

Well, the terrorists wanted to deprive us of the freedoms we enjoy, and
they've talked us into doing the hard parts for them...

but I see no way to configure a router to enhance personal freedom, so
I guess we'll take this subthread off list.  ;-)

Cheers,
-- jra
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