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It turns out that the slope was very slippery indeed.
by nodata 13y ago
It turns out that the slope was very slippery indeed.
- TranceMan 13y agoIt's worse than that - a 'slippery slope' seems to imply [to me] that you can go back up the slope. What we are seeing now is a thin end of a very big wedge which once in place will be much harder to reverse. With this and the recent disclosure regarding fibre tapping, take a moment to remember these words from John Gilmore [1] >How many of you have broken no laws this month? >If you're watching everybody, you're watching nobody. >When the X500 revolution comes, your name will be lined against the wall and shot. But we have hope: >The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it. Sadly quote 4 may lead to quote 3. 1. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Gilmore https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Gilmore