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It's hard to follow to the natural conclusion. Should we stop using SELinux because the NSA is part of the same government? Should we stop buying servers and other hardware because the fuel bought to deliver it supports violent oil-supplying regimes?

We have to function to have any hope of improving the situation. That does mean supporting at some level the thing we hope to fix.



Yes we should, but we don't because we're immoral, greedy and self-serving as a race (myself included).




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