Hacklab nerd caught in G20 security sweep

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

On 06/25/2010 03:00 PM, Giles Orr wrote:
> While I'm inclined to believe that Byron Sonne wasn't going to do
> anything horrible, he made it clear in advance that he intended to
> poke, prod and test to see if he could get a reaction.  Guess what?
> He got a reaction.
>
> And now the papers are doing what they do - trying to sell more of
> their own fine product by creating exaggerations based on slight
> facts, and some of you are acting surprised and/or enraged.  I agree
> that the government has spent obscene amounts of money. I agree that
> the government has violated our rights in horrible ways during the
> G20/G8.  None of this makes Sonne's form of rebellion a good idea.

What exactly was his "form of rebellion"? The Star article was pretty 
short on facts. As far as I know, it's not illegal to listen to police 
band radio nor is it illegal to tweet what you heard on that radio. That 
hardly seems like "rebellion" to me.
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