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		miles on Nov 7, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Airport Security Grope "Posting political things here makes people feel good, but doesn't do one damn thing in the real world." Again, I have to disagree with you on this. HN is where I found at about this issue to begin with, and I have already: 1. donated to EPIC's http://www.stopdigitalstripsearches.org/ , 2. begun changing travel plans, 3. informed a number of friends and colleagues (non-HN users) who have in turned passed it on to others. Clearly, there are "real world" effects.

davidw on Nov 7, 2010 [–]

Great, so everyone who has an Important Cause should post their stuff here in the hopes of getting money?

There are "real world effects" of pissing into the wind, too, but they don't really affect the wind much.

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