Monday, April 06, 2009

We're the Only Ones Sensitive to Criticism Enough

Perhaps the best publicity a critic of the powers-that-be can ever get for his cause is to be the target of over-the-top official retaliation. That automatically validates what the critic is saying while at the same time massively expanding the audience for his message. So, in an odd way, Jeff Pataky owes a "thank you" to the Phoenix Police Department for raiding his home and hauling away computers and other material related to a Website and blog he maintains that focus attention on misdeeds involving the Phoenix PD.[More]
A few of you have sent me links to other sources for this story, to include it in the "Only Ones" Files. I like the way J.D. Tuccille tells it.

2 comments:

Crustyrusty said...

Today's lesson: back up all your stuff off-site for just an occasion.

jon said...

if you can afford it, shell out the money for a co-located server and do your work over a VPN, remote desktop, ssh, whatever. your computer sits in a cage in a secure, air conditioned datacenter.

you use a bank for your money, right?