Herr Bertling über Netzfundstücke, Musik, Webdesign, Social Media und Politik.

Dinge, die ich schon längst hier posten wollte, aber aus Gründen darüber hinweg kam: Das großartige Video zu „Exile, Vilify” von The National.

(Vor Tagen bereits bei White Tapes gesehen)

Hey Anonymous. Get a job. Get laid.

Aha. Anonymous will also am Gunpowder Day Facebook lahmlegen. Einen passenden Kommentar dazu hat Martin bei mashable ausfindig gemacht. Der bringt genau auf den Punkt, wie auch ich zur Sache stehe:

Anonymous, if I want your protection I’ll ask for it. I prefer Facebook to self-proclaimed self-righteous vigilantes. An appointed government is better than a group of people who elect themselves and assume they have the right to speak for people who didn’t ask for their opinion. Get a job. Get laid. Do whatever you want, but don’t assume you have the right, act, speak, or even think on my behalf.

Aber ihr wisst ja, wie der Spaß laufen wird

„Intern” (sofern man bei einem Kollektiv wie Anonymous überhaupt von „intern” sprechen kann…) regt sich anscheinend aber auch schon Widerstand.

We are vulnerable by choice.

Wow. Einfach nur: Wow.

In the safest, most boring country, the worst lone gunman shooting happens. The worst in the world, in history. But it will not make our country worse. The safe, boring democracy will supply him with a defense lawyer as is his right. He will not get more than 21 years in prison as is the maximum extent of the law. Our democracy does not allow for enough punishment to satisfy my need for revenge, as is its intention. We will not become worse, we will be better. We lived in a land where this is possible, even easy. And we will keep living in a land where this is possible, even easy. We are open, we are free and we are together. We are vulnerable by choice. And we will keep on like that, that’s how we want to live. We will not be worse because of the worst. We must be good because of the best.

(Original hier, via)

Traurig hingegen, was einigen deutschen Politikern (hier mal wieder: Hans-Peter Uhl) auf Basis den Vorfälle so einfällt…

Ein guter Gedanke.

When I’m old, I won’t wish that I spent more time building web apps or organizing events. Spending time with people I loved or helping people is what will really have mattered to me.

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