John Perry
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John Perry
economic huge illegal irish met proud quite
It would make huge economic sense. All the illegal Irish I've met here are quite proud to feel American.
believes consensus country force involve manage rather ruling virtuous ways
I think the 'counterculture' believes that there are ways to manage being the world's most powerful country that involve creation of consensus - ruling by virtuous example rather than by force of arms.
cryptography
When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl.
wings air choke
We cannot separate the air that chokes from the air upon which wings beat.
fire events middle
We are in the middle of the most transforming technological event since the capture of fire.
internet free-speech feels
The more you've got, the shorter it feels.
battle fields firsts
The first serious infowar is now engaged. The field of battle is WikiLeaks. You are the troops.
names ideas sight
I had always thought that the idea of love at first sight was one of those things invented by lady novelists from the South with three names.
party waiting moral
So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone.
winning adoption virtue
New solutions win by virtue of adoption, and they don't get adopted if they're bad solutions.
differences privacy shame
The Corporate impulse for human uniformity instills shame at difference and, thus, the contemporary zeal for privacy.
caves criminals wonder
I've begun to wonder if we wouldn't also regard spelunkers as desperate criminals if AT&T owned all the caves.
niece mean looks
I mean I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again.
expression support cyberspace
I support freedom of expression, no matter whose, so I oppose DDoS attacks regardless of their target... they're the poison gas of cyberspace.