Andrea Glorioso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>>>> "tb" == Thomas Bushnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > tb> Of the various nations which severely repress dissidents and > tb> have nothing barely approaching free speech, China also > tb> happens to have a substantial population of computer users and > tb> hackers and people who might actually be interested in free > tb> software. > > This is bound to go way OT so this will be my last e-mail on the > subject (modulo private e-mails, of course) but I would suggest using > just the word "dissident". We might be surprised, in two or three > years, seeing how much free speech has been suppressed in supposedly > democratic countries.
In my opinion, there is little of value to be gained by predicting horrible dire things which are unlikely to happen. (You note yourself that if it does happen, we would be surprised...)
