Re: [sudo-discuss] FUD around Lockpicking class

Re. Shawn: In no way am I suggesting that we start "working with the city or law enforcement officers on reporting who shows up at events or assist them in doing so," any more than the radical Quakers did. What I _am_ advocating is to open the lines of communication and point out that if the city is truly concerned about badguys showing up, they can send someone along to hang out and observe for themselves. What they're going to see is a room full of geeks learning an oldschool mechanical skill. More likely they won't bother, in which case their objection can be dismissed as meaningless. (BTW, I've known how to pick locks since my naughty phone phreak days in highschool, when the word "tweet" was slang for the 2600-Hz "clear tandem" signal, not a friggin' commercial brand for neo-telegrams dressed up as something cutting-edge.) As for comparing "'known gang member'" to "the more privileged class": that's postmodern BS. The #1 killer of young black men in Oakland isn't police bullets but gang bullets. So where are the outraged protests in front of known gang enclaves, eh? This isn't an abstraction: a young black man I knew was killed in a drive-by. As for "privileged class," about 1/3 of SudoRoom members are unemployed, and many are borderline-homeless. A few more "privileges," such as full-time jobs that pay decent wages, would be a good thing. -G. ===== On 13-02-28-Thu 12:09 AM, Shawn Lesniak wrote: