Edited by author 03-28-2003 11:59 AM
cypherpunks[!] wrote :

> Those do not seem like the same rules to me.

Exactly! LoveGravy said way back in at the start of this discussion that libraries would become a safe haven for criminials bacause of what the librarians are doing (erasing records etc). Now we can ask one question : why caused them to do such a thing? The fact that they are being silenced.

What if the authorities (FBI?) would publicly admit that they came and looked at some records at the library? *poof* no more magic safe haven for criminals.. Joe-terrorist would NEVER use a library computer again! It's much easier to gain access to wireless unsecured networks anyway :p

Of course, this would simply push the problem into someone else's backyard ... But libraries would be safe once more! To me, the one question that never gets asked enough is "what made them do that?".

I just wish people would try to answer that question about the terrosist attacks. That doesn't justify terrorist attacks of course, but it could explain why they exist. You can try to heal cancer but cutting it out of the body, or you can find out what the cause of the cancer is, remove it, and not have it happen again.

Utopia is better then witch hunts :)
(sorry for the engrish)