Hacklab nerd caught in G20 security sweep

[Thomas Milne]

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Digimer <linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On 10-06-25 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.
>>
>> When you take a pointy stick and start prodding a pit bull with it,
>> saying "I'm just testing" isn't going to change the outcome.  As one
>> of the commenters on Slashdot put it, "It sure seems like the goal all
>> along was to get caught. The question was to determine the amount of
>> suspicious actions he could take prior to being caught."  The outcome
>> was a given (unless the Canadian police showed even greater
>> incompetence than expected), now let's just hope that they give him a
>> slap on the wrist and send him on his way after the 27th.
>
> The government has repeatedly and increasingly "temporarily suspended" our
> rights as guaranteed under the charter. Look at Vancouver during the
> olymics, and now look at Toronto. If I walk within 5m of the fence,
> something I *must* do to get home via Union, then I can be stopped and
> searched without cause.
>
> Our freedoms are being eroded. Byron had more guts than any of us. Yes, he
> poked the bear with a stick, but what was the alternative? Sit at home like
> good little passive Canadians and tell each other "it's okay, it's just for
> a little while.".
>
> Nothing Byron did was illegal. They had to find an obscure law designed to
> protect lawyers and judges from the mafia to even get a warrant.

I saw some reports mention that, but I can't find anything specific
about it. Have you seen anything that describes who he is alleged to
have 'intimidated'?

> Now the police are trying "to make an example out of him" to send a clear message;
> "Do as we say. Don't resists.". Get your papers out, citizen.
>
> Anyone who apologizes for the government's erosion of our freedoms should be
> ashamed of themselves.
>
> He who gives up liberty for the sake of freedom deserves neither.
>

Damn right.


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