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"not somebody we would normally look to as an ally" - ???"not somebody we would normally look to as an ally" - ???Posted Jan 2, 2003 4:28 UTC (Thu) by jensend (guest, #1385)Parent article: Copyright extremists shouldn't control information (Townhall.com) What? Are you saying all conservatives are enemies of Free/Open Software? Bull. Though most of the Slashdot posting types are either moral and fiscal liberals (democrats/greens) or moral liberals and fiscal conservatives (libertarians), a good number of free/open sw coders consider themselves Republicans (moral and fiscal conservatives). While I don't agree with all the principles of the Eagle Forum's diehard conservatism (I consider myself a moral conservative and fiscal liberal, which position no nationwide party supports), their political position doesn't make them enemies of free/open sw. Almost anyone is a potential ally, and political position doesn't make that much of a difference.
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"not somebody we would normally look to as an ally" - ??? Posted Jan 2, 2003 5:18 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] Maybe I should not have written that. My point was that her issues tend to be rather far removed from copyright, normally.
"not somebody we would normally look to as an ally" - ??? Posted Jan 2, 2003 6:06 UTC (Thu) by ronaldcole (guest, #1462) [Link] That's the way I took it, certainly. She's definately placed herself in the "pro-family/child advocate" camp and I wouldn't have expected her to come out with such a strong statement of opinion about a subject outside the scope of her interests. It would be as much a surprise to me as if O'Reilly or Limbaugh were to come out and say the same thing on their shows. Especially since they're not people I would normally look to as allies in the battle against "Copyright Extremists", either.
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