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I don't like the idea of boycotting a speaking gig. If you don't agree with what RSA is doing, isn't it best to keep a dialog going? If we only allow those who
by migrantgeek 13y ago
I don't like the idea of boycotting a speaking gig. If you don't agree with what RSA is doing, isn't it best to keep a dialog going?
If we only allow those who agree with us to speak to the choir, they'll be a series of different choirs never speaking to each other.
- wreegab 13y ago> isn't it best to keep a dialog going Don't be silly, RSA is not interested in honest dialog. Have you seen the press release? It's nice to be for virtue but play pretend virtue is not virtue.
- migrantgeek 13y ago> RSA is not interested in honest dialog I'm sure some of their 1300+ employees are interested in honest dialog. In any case, what's your suggestion for improving the situation?
- wreegab 13y ago> In any case, what's your suggestion for improving the situation? What do you ask me that? It's a question best asked to RSA, they created the bad situation.
- migrantgeek 13y agoExactly! It is a question for them. So boycotting all speaking engagements especially by those likely to oppose them seems stupid.
- moomin 13y agoPersonally, I think capitalism is a pretty good solution to that one. Boycott them, put them out of business, let them serve as a warning to the next bunch of people who consider screwing over the customers under the counter.
- mixmastamyk 13y agoSorry, meant to hit the up arrow, but hit down by mistake. Why can't votes be changed? :/
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- migrantgeek 13y agoIt's not that easy. Too many companies are dependent on them (stares at the hard token from RSA on my desk) and most people don't care. We've known that Microsoft has provided back doors for decades and privacy conscious geeks already boycott them but their software is still everywhere. The NSA scandal in the eyes of the general public is just a joke. "Haha, the NSA knows everything. OK, now what's on TV tonight." Geeks who care about privacy don't have the numbers to vote with their dollars.
- rhizome 13y agoThat's an inapt comparison, one group comprises a large group of customers of the other, which is absolutely dependent on them.
- diminoten 13y agoDoing, or did? Is the RSA actively doing anything negative? The Bush comparison doesn't really hold if they aren't.
- migrantgeek 13y agoWhat Bush comparison?
- diminoten 13y agoColbert's White House Correspondent's Dinner speech while George W. Bush was in office.
- migrantgeek 13y agoAh, I think you commented on the wrong thread. Thanks for clarification.
- diminoten 13y agoI didn't, but I wasn't commenting argumentatively with you. Just because I replied to you doesn't mean I require your specific input.