On 1/19/2014 2:57 PM, Richard Vickery wrote: > | From: "Tim" <ignored_mail...@yahoo.com.au> > | To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org > | Sent: Sunday, 19 January, 2014 01:13:38 > | Subject: Re: email failure > | > | Allegedly, on or about 18 January 2014, Richard Vickery sent: > | > I recently quit Gmail because I got sick of that they read your > | > email > | > AND they treat users as products rather than citizens, > | > | Quoting an advertiser (one who makes them): > | > | "If you're not paying for the service, then you are the product." > | > | If you want a free service, there are sacrifices. It mightn't be the > | service you really want, or you may have to do quite a bit of hunting > | to > | find one that suits you. > > A citizen does not, nor ought need to, pay anyone for the rights of the > office of citizenship. Slavery is an abolished practice, yet your advertiser > has just stated in this quote that slavery is alive and well. Is it not time > to rethink this? Treating society as products may be one of the reasons that > the Taliban attacked US soil, and destroyed the trade towers in New York. We > need to be treated as people, as citizens. If we are treating each other as > slaves then the cycle of violence will never stop. > > At least I have a massive voice that is listened to at the university.
When I was young as you appear to be I too was a libertarian. Then I graduated, grew up, and realized just how the real world really works. -- David -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
