On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:34:56 -0000 "Andy Robinson \(blackadder\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > >Luckily I've never really had any major trouble but my standard response > >would probably be "Got the internet? Look up www.openstreetmap.org. Is > >your street on there and named? No? Will it soon will be..." > > > +1 to this approach. I often get people looking at me on a Sunday morning > while they wash their cars and I always make a point of saying "good > morning" or whatever. If someone does ask a question I do exactly as Nick > suggests. > > There is no need for OSM data gathering to be a subversive activity. Make a > statement about it and tell people what you are doing. [...]
With all due respect, while I agree with the general tenor of this message, and am completely in favour of an open explanation, and negotiation of what is acceptable in the public sphere, I am also quite prickly at protecting what I perceive as *my* right in this regard. In my opinion, the more one retreats in this regard, the more the forces of fascism^W anti-terrorism are going to push one. I am doing nothing wrong, and should *not* have to explain myself to anyone under duress. I agree that there is a fine line there---one which is applicable to both sides---but the more that people meet me with a confrontational approach, the more likely I am to push back. Fortunately, I am very rarely faced with such an eventuality, but other, less respectable-looking, people might be. You speak about the Internet, and openstreetmap.org, but talk about these with most people in India, and you will be met with a blank stare. Better hope that you do not look like you belong in the quote torturable class unquote. Regards, Gora _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
