Archive for January, 2007

Define Stealing

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

“If no one ever stole, the studios would have no reason to [use DRM]” – Blu-ray Encryption Defeated

The world is backwards. We label those that do good “Criminals” and those that do bad “Pillars of the community”. The world of Live Freely rewards those who try to make the world a better place and discourages those who cause harm.

How can one who has too much call another who has too little a thief? A thief is one who hordes at the expense of those who need. A thief is one who does not need but takes just the same.

In a land of plenty, everyone could take what they required. In a land of scarcity, laws of distribution prevail. In whose interest is it to:

1) Keep us in “The Land of Scarcity”?
2) Reward those who amass wealth?

If I have a dozen eggs but can only eat three, how can someone who has not eaten for days be called a thief when they take one? Should those who avail the most good to a community not be rewarded rather than those who can gather the most for themselves?

It is a sick, sick world that celebrates greed and punishes generosity…

(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free

Sunday, January 7th, 2007

I wish I knew how it would feel to be free
I wish I could break all the chains holding me
I wish I could say all the things that I should say
Say ‘em loud say ‘em clear
For the whole wide world to hear

I wish I could share
All the love that’s in my heart
Remove all the bars that keep us apart
And I wish you could know how it is to be me
Then you’d see and agree that every man should be free

I wish I could be like a bird in the sky
How sweet it would be if I found I could fly
Well I’d soar to the sun and look down at the sea
And I’d sing cos I know how it feels to be free

I wish I knew how it would feel to be free
I wish I could break all the chains holding me
And I wish I could say all the things that I wanna say
Say ‘em loud say ‘em clear
For the whole wide world to hear
Say ‘em loud say ‘em clear
For the whole wide world to hear
Say ‘em loud say ‘em clear
For the whole wide world to hear

One love one blood
One life you’ve got to do what you should
One life with each other
Sisters, brothers
One love but we’re not the same
We got to carry each other
Carry each other
One One One One One…

I wish I knew how it would feel to be free
I wish I knew how it would feel to be free

(I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be) Free
(Written by Billy Taylor and first sung by Nina Simone)

Lighthouse Family
The Very Best Of Lighthouse Family

I simply love this video. It puts so very much into perspective for me. I wish people could know how it feels to be me. I want to be heard. I also want to set myself free. I want to stand up and throw off the chains that bind me.

I feel that as I find my voice I will say things the world needs to hear. I was put here to change the world. I know this. Now that I am over-40, I need to find a way to speak in a way that the world can be moved to action. action.

I wish I could share
All the love that’s in my heart
Remove all the bars that keep us apart