Fear in the geek community

Advogato: “Maybe like me, some of you, some very few of you, have realized that so many geeks are showing their fear of what happens if we fight back against terrorists, but really, these are the same people who fight (in a less literal sense mind you) for such _trivial_ causes as encryption and removal of the DMCA from law. These very people are happy to be complacent to the bullies of the modern world, terrorists, but they aren’t willing to accept that fighting back, no matter how scary, may be justified.”