– You can only be
free in this world
by protecting the
other man’s freedom.
– Clarence Darrow
On the 10th of December, please, take a moment to reflect on the rights and freedoms westerners enjoy; Perhaps send a letter of support through Amnesty
International.
"Write For Rights" is set for the 10th of December, a day for individuals to write letters in support of the global effort to protect and uphold human rights.
There are many ways of participating in this event; To find a participating group or organization in your area, view the Amnesty.ca website.
God willing, it could be as un-complicated as stopping by your local library to sign a letter, or writing one yourself.
The Amnesty website has a list of locations and registered groups, with suggestions on how to make sure you get a chance to be involved in this event.
Able to contribute more? Wallet got a bit of padding? –Send a small donation to Amnesty, one of its affiliates or any organization that in some way, shape, or form supports personal freedom, human rights, and dignity. Somewhere out there in the dark, in some grungy little cell, someone’s hopes and prayers might be depending on such a small, insignificant, gesture.
Pockets deeper? –Buy a couple inches of space, and write a feature article in your local paper. That’s the true meaning of “Rights”, –The ability and opportunity to participate.
Human-rights are best maintained through regular exercise
For more suggestions, to join, or simply be informed, contact Amnesty International at: www.amnesty.org,
Amnesty.ca, or call: 1-800-AMNESTY.
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When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.– Dorothy Thompson
Protect yourself against acts of privacy piracy, –read this article, join the FSF, and stop agreeing to agree.
The Free Software Foundation’s membership drive is coming to a close at the end the month. This is the No.#1 organization when it comes to the continued preservation of liberty in the software world. The FSF is the foundation responsible for the GNU/Linux project, and the GPL (Gnu Public License). They are an organization dedicated to freedom in computing, including, but not limited to, freedom from privacy piracy.
The organization’s main mission is the preservation of the computer user’s rights, and freedom to use one’s software without undue influence, or restriction, by proprietary vendors, and their agents.
Imagine that. An organization that actually believes your computers is yours to do with as you wish. An organization dedicated to protecting your right to use your computer, the hardware and the software that make it functional, without having to ask for permission, without breaking any laws, or being clandestinely spied upon by your operating system.
What will they think of next? Freedom of Speech? Freedom of the Press? Freedom of Information? If you’re of the belief that corporations, not people, for people, by people, should set the standards, or regulate what you can and cannot do with your computer, then ignore this group. If you value the freedoms granted to you by the constitution(s), take a moment to get to know what this organization is about. Their articles and mission statements are clear and concise; It’s amazing what you can learn in two minutes of reading.
The above widget contains links to the FSF website, where you can find out about current and ongoing campaigns, and the foundation’s projects, (read: world class free software), and their great membership offers.
Amnesty Intl
is dedicated to the protection of human rights. The organizations international efforts to free political political prisoners, has met with great success.
Write for Rights
is the annual Amnesty International writeathon taking place on the 10th of December. Write for Rights draws attention to human rights issues, and supports those most in need of outside support.
Open Source
is a term referring to software licensing agreeements, by which applications, and their source code are publicly and readily available for study, modification, and development. Though it is not a requirement of the agreement, open source applications are frequently made available for free (gratis) to the public, ‘Free’, in the context of the open source licence, refers to ‘free’ public access to the source-code, and not ‘free’ as in “free-beer”.
Canonical Ltd
is Ubuntu’s commercial Sponsor. Based in Europe, the company provides technical support and helps ensure Ubuntu’s availability and accessibility to the public.
The Debian Project
is an organization of individuals with the common goal of creating a ‘free’ operating system, (Debian GNU/Linux ). GNU usually refers to applications for Linux systems, and Linux the operating system. There are several variants, or derivatives, of Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu being one of them.
The Linux Kernel,
the lines of code that constitute the actual Linux OS, was developed by Linus Torvalds in the early 1990’s. The entire kernel is comprised of over six-million individual lines of code, more than 2% of which Torvalds is credited as having written himself.