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Re: [privacy] First they came...
From: Florian Weimer <fw () deneb enyo de>
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2006 20:24:33 +0200
* Fergie:
The Time Magazine variant (1989) of the famous poem attributed to Martin Niemöller:
Well, this is quoted so regularly that I wonder if anybody is left to come for me. Apparently, everybody is busy imagining themselves as victims. But we computer folks protect the status quo. We keep the financial and communications infrastructure and all those databases running, help law enforcement where necessary, and support the political system in various ways. It's a bit unrealistic to suggest we won't be the people who wouldn't help to hunt down dissidents. After all, they are just a couple of rows in an SQL database, aren't they?
Secondly, the Latin proverb "Quid custodiet ipsos custodes?"
Juvenal originally used it in the opposite sense. But the quote reminds me of "Watchmen", which I highly recommend. _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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