"We got the call for trouble in the room. The gentleman, I was told, was preaching sedition. I knew that we had to take some steps quickly preventing that. Defcon is definitely for free speech, definitely for legal civil disobedience. But not anarchy, not psychopathic destruction of property. " [Emphasis mine]
Civil disobedience is, by definition, illegal. That's the whole point of it.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Tuesday August 03, 2004 @02:12PM (#9870284)
Priest is a Fed and everyone knows it. I have always assumed his role at DefCon is to keep things from going "over the line," and to keep the kiddies happy and thinking they're at some rebellious event. In reality of course it's all just a show put on by the Man to keep control over wannabee hacker/cracker community.
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Civil disobedience is, by definition, illegal. That's the whole point of it.
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