Karl Denninger (karl@MCS.Net) wrote:
Actually, I do believe he will get a fair trial. While I'm quite the cynic, I don't believe that our justice system is THAT screwed up.
I said at the time that I believed his actions were felonious. He laughed it off. But the bottom line is that tampering with things like this is like tampering with the phone switches that make up the US phone network - its not funny, and it is criminal, even if its not done with evil intent.
In this case, it WAS done with malice - Eugene has stated as such. He has said on mailing lists and elsewhere that he was driven by outrage.
Civil disobedience, a category into which this act might fall, always includes doing what you're going to do OPENLY and taking the consequences without complaint. If in fact Eugene was trying to make a political statement rather than screw with NSI, he certainly hasn't followed those basic credos relating to that type of activity.
He certainly has. Do you think anger isn't a very legitimate motivation for protest? The guy had been slowly working for way too long with no results. Nul movement. Minimal support. It seemed to be Kashpureff's only alternative to act. Something significant others should learn to do BTW. Alternic has always been mired in an amazing amount of organizational lethargy. Maybe This action of Eugene's will break the pattern. But I'm not holding my breath on that one. It is up to supporters of the New free Top Level Domains *not* willing to do the trench work to ante up and support their own cause. No matter how imperfectly - Eugene furthered your cause. Or are you all planning to wank out and get bought off somewhere along the Benedict Arnold line? Sounds like it, eh? I hope not. Eugene talked the talk *AND* walked the walk. None of you other people have. So pay up. Or shut up. Freedom is freedom. And it has often has a high price. Pay it or lose it. There will be many more who may choose to follow Eugene in the months and years to come. You who have been dragging your heels and delaying everything must stop and take up the struggle. And it will be a long struggle by the look of things among the so-called "Alternic" as well as the "CORE" crowds. We might have to ditch the whole lot of them. A long struggle with ZERO support. If that is what lies ahead so be it. If people of good will and liberty can see to admiting past errors and redoubling their efforts *TODAY* so be it. It all hangs in the air waiting to be unleashed. Don't Tread On Us.
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