<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>You say that as if that's a Platonic Truth. It's not. <br><br>I've said it before and I'll say it again: I've had more interesting conversations and witnessed more interesting hacking from homeless people in this past year than I ever thought possible.<br>
<br></div>This whole notion of "we have to block people from getting in" is completely, completely wrong-headed.<br><br></div>Reasonable-seeming people turn out to be complete dicks and abusers.<br><br></div>Sketchy-looking people turn out to be amazing and invaluable.<br>
<br></div><div>I don't even need to come up with examples because you all immediately thought of several people.<br><br></div><div>--Naomi<br><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Johny Radio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:johnyradio@gmail.com" target="_blank">johnyradio@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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On 6/26/2013 6:57 PM, rachel lyra hospodar wrote:
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<p>Whatever you may have said in the past doesn't prevent your
categorically dismissive and stereotype-reinforcing statement
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i have been a homeless hacker myself. My issue is not with someone's
homelessness-- it's that they do not use NB for hacking. <br><div class="im">
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