Fwd: [Gnash-dev] URL to try

[Martin Guy]

Sorry, I'm publicking this discussion cos it may be important

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From: Martin Guy <address@hidden>
Date: 01/12/2006 15:39
Subject: Re: [Gnash-dev] URL to try
To: James Lockie <address@hidden>

> >> export debuglog=~/gnash-dbg.log
Sorry, are we blacklisting/whiltelisting sites in the default setup?
If so, I think that is undemocratic and an inappropriate abuse of power.

    M
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> Why do you think it is an in appropriate abuse of power?
> I think it is done to make gnash more secure.

If you can be sure to discern "good" sites from "bad" sites.

I don;t think provision of software necessarily bestows the ability to
discern good from bad (if such a thing exists) and have lived under
the UK keyword-based censorship of the internet in schools and in the
public libraries to be very diffident of any third-party censoring
mechanism.

I think the site-specific banning must be judged by each individual to
be fair; otherwise we set ourselves up as
we-know-what-is-best-for-everyone-else which, from history's lesson,
is a dodgy stance to take.

   M