LPNY Home Libertarian Party of NY -- H2K July 14-16

H2K (Hackers on Planet Earth 2000) is a convention sponsored by 2600 magazine, which is published here in New York. Attendance was about 2200, many under 18, but all savvy about the internet and the freedom that exists there.

Flyer that was handed out front, back. (Permission to copy given, as long as attribution is given, (ie. our URL that's on there.) Make up a 8 1/2" X 11" master by placing one front, one back on the top and bottom, then reversing for the other side. Flyer was printed on the 'salmon' paper available at Kinko's (overpriced, but damn convenient).

Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it...Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was.

--Molly Ivins

Also see the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) for more info on current cyber issues.

Political Quiz Results
H2K (Hacker Convention, NYC, 7/15-7/16)
n=234
(verbal quiz-taking discarded, sorry--only
paper quizzes are included in this analysis. If you have 
a digital photo of the quiz at the con, though, please
send it to the editor.

sums-->	12	15	21	25	36	37	27	21	23	7	10		--+
                                                                                                          |
100	6	3	5	5	11	8	4	6	3	2	5		58	
90		3	7	8	9	9	9	6	2	2			55	
80	2		4	3	7	4	5	3	9	1	3		41	
70		2	2	4	1	6	3	6	2		1		27	
60		2	1	1	6	6	2		2				20	
50	2	3	1	1	2	4	4			1			18	Personal
40	1		1						4	1			6	
30				1									1	
20	1	2	1	2							1		7	
10													0	(sum of zero here not strange: 
0									1				1 	yes was 20, maybes were 10)                                                           	
	0	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100		234	
				Economic										

People who responded that they believed in:
80% or more Personal Freedom: 154, 80 responded that there should be less than that
50% or more Economic Freedom: 146, 88 responded that there should be less than that

Number "on the line" drawn between 100% on both scales
(eg, "the line of freedom"): 27
Number below it (believe gov't needs to step in more than not): 28
Number above it (believe we should lean towards freedom): 179 !!!

See self-gov.org to take the quiz online or read more about it.

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