 Why the FBI had Wikipedia remove their seal - Helium |
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 Thu 12th August 2010, 11:34am
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />Why the FBI had [b]Wikipedia remove their seal[/b] Helium The strong arm of tyranny came down on Wikipedia recently as the FBI demanded that the Web site remove the image of the FBI seal. ... View the article |
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Thu 12th August 2010, 11:58am
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QUOTE(From the cited article) The FBI reminded Wikipedia that reproduction of the FBI seal is a violation of federal law (US Code, Section 701). Does that really matter? Some people may think that the fact that somebody put that statement into a law does not mean anything if the law is immoral, unjust, unconstitutional, or unreasonable. Leaving aside the question of whether US Code Section 701 is "immoral, unjust, unconstitutional, or unreasonable," we have the core criteria for conscientious civil disobedience. (Not that Godwin's cheeky message was entirely civil, but tweaking the nose of a tyrant is not a crime (any more) in this country and in this day and age.) The more interesting issue, as I see it, is the issue of best practices for engaging in civil disobedience in the face of an unjust statute or unjust action by a tyrannical bureaucracy. |
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