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Be critical of the uncritical, of gullibility. Be critical of the imPOV rished critics. Be critical of criticism, of criticism's lack, of selective criticality (used merely to attack). Be critical of everything till criticism comes full circle into knowledge, and into knowledge of fallibility.
“The studios, including Universal, are pretty clearly a criminal enterprise, operating an illegal blacklist and functioning as a price-fixing cartel.". --Alex Cox
The fight for basic civil liberties and the fight against the copyright monopoly are one and the same. They are not two identical fights; they are one and the same fight." "You cannot guarantee free speech and enforce the copyright monopoly. Therefore, any technology designed to guarantee freedom of speech must also prevent enforcement of the copyright monopoly.".
"Today, we exercise our fundamental rights – the right to privacy, the right to expression, the right to correspondence, the right to associate, the right to assemble, the right to a free press, and many other rights – through the Internet. Therefore, anonymous and uncensored access to the Internet has become as fundamental a right itself as all the rights we exercise through it.
If this means that a stupid industry that makes thin round pieces of plastic can’t make money anymore, they can go bankrupt..." --Rick Falkvinge, founder of the Swedish Pirate Party
The truthfulness of a truth varies in direct proportion to the directness with which it is communicated.
"I always felt that a scientist owes the world only one thing, and that is the truth as he sees it. If the truth contradicts deeply held beliefs, that is too bad. Tact and diplomacy are fine in international relations, in politics, perhaps even in business; in science only one thing matters, and that is the facts." --Hans Eysenck
"The Pirate Bay has been one of the most important movements in Sweden for freedom of speech, working against corruption and censorship." --Peter Sunde
I've never seen anything like this before. You nominated it for deletion, it was deleted, and you brought it back from the dead and now it's a fully fleshed out article on it's way to GA status. That deserves some recognition. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:27, 24 July 2010 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy
Awarded for debating a difficult and divisive topic with intelligence, class, and civility, and being part of the solution, rather than the problem. JN466 21:34, 17 June 2011 (UTC)
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