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A Progressive Warrior Queen-Isn't That an Oxymoron?


In case you don't know the story of Boadicea (Boudicca), in a nutshell it goes like this.

Boadicea's tribe, the Iceni, lived peacefully as a client tribe under Roman rule. After her husband's death corrupt Roman officials reneged on the agreement that left the Iceni in peace. When Boadicea, still the leader of her tribe, went to protest this, she was flogged and her daughters were raped before her eyes.

She returned to her tribe and raised a rebellion against the Romans that was short lived, brutal, and ended in her death.

Understand, I'm not looking to raze Colchester, or leave piles of bodies behind me. However, the Radical Right Religionists and the Corporate sponsors of the Chattel Society have declared war on us who are "others".

 
I say we fight back.  Right now, I'm fighting back primarily at Texas Kaos. Please come join me.

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Why the Battle for WiFi as a Municipal Utility Matters

« H E Domestic Issues :: Cyber Miscellany :: Chattel Society :: Boadicea :: email
posted Thursday, 18 August 2005
SBC and Time Warner don't agree on much, but they both want cities like Austin (and more remote locations that are not enjoying the fast and robust internet connections of places like Austin) to stay the heck away from municipal wi-fi networks.

The more they can lock up the signals, and charge for them, the better their market looks.

So why is this a battle that needs to be fought? Ask Andrew Rasiej, candidate for NYC's Public Advocate position. (Put that salsa jar down, just because they're up North doesn't mean they don't have any good ideas for us to steal...)

The short answer is that it matters right now to affordable access and it's going to matter a whole lot more in the future. Like counting votes matters to elections, controlling access to the increasingly essential information on the World Wide Web is best treated as a public resource than a private commodity.

Tip of the blog to Kuff for pointing this great blog post out.

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