Re: "Cyber Shockwave" on CNN

[Cian Brennan <cian.brennan () redbrick dcu ie>]

On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 07:49:25PM -0800, Tomas L. Byrnes wrote:
> Right, because GCHQ doesn't/hasn't/never would do such a thing...
>
> At least the US has a written constitution and the concept of the people being sovereign.
>
> I'll take that over trusting "Her Majesty's..." whatever.
>
> But then again, I'm Irish, so I have a bit more direct personal and familial experience of the darker side of British 
> "civilization". (EG: While detention without trial is relatively NEW in the US, it's been a fact of life in the UK 
> for most of its history).

And in Ireland too.

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: andrew.wallace [mailto:andrew.wallace () rocketmail com]
> > Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 2:13 PM
> > To: Randy Bush
> > Cc: nanog () nanog org
> > Subject: Re: "Cyber Shockwave" on CNN
> >
> > --- On Sat, 20/2/10, Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Randy Bush <randy () psg com>
> > > Subject: Re: "Cyber Shockwave" on CNN
> > > To: "andrew.wallace" <andrew.wallace () rocketmail com>
> > > Cc: nanog () nanog org
> > > Date: Saturday, 20 February, 2010, 21:58
> > > > It looks like this demo is
> > >
> > > a bunch of sick press and sick ex-gov wishtheycouldbeagains
> > > trying to
> > > get as much mindshare as they can.  and you're helping
> > > them.
> > >
> > > randy
> >
> > I refuse to let you say I am helping them -- I am from UK, I don't
> > agree with them wanting to allow The NSA to take over private sector
> > networks or citizens smart phones 'in an emergency'.
> >
> > Andrew

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