[82338] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: London incidents
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay R. Ashworth)
Tue Jul 12 17:34:25 2005
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 17:30:53 -0400
From: "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@baylink.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <000c01c58728$60d3c4e0$c301a8c0@internetlan.mil.nz>; from Mark Foster <blakjak@blakjak.net> on Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 09:26:33AM +1200
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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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