A Texas ranger was chasing a Mexican bandito around the turn of the last century. The bandito had robbed a bank in Texas and was hiding in a bar in a border town when the ranger found him. The ranger only spoke English and the bandito only Spanish so he found a local translator. The conversation went like this :<p>Ranger : Ask him where he hid the money.<p>Translator (in Spanish) : He wants to know where you hid the money.<p>Bandito : Tell him to go [expletive deleted] himself.<p>Translator (in English) : He said he's not going to tell you.<p>The ranger stands, draws his revolver, points it squarely at the bandito's head, and says "ask him again."<p>Translator (in Spanish) : He still wants to know where you hid the money...<p>Bandito : Okay! Okay! I hid it in the dried up town well, just tell him not to kill me!<p>Translator (in English) : He said that he is prepared to die.<p>Moral of the story, everyone has an agenda.
Why are all the people fighting the fights I want to get behind, completely obnoxious? Kim Dotcom, Juian Assange, Richard Stallman, etc... Can't we have a champion for the digital causes with the charisma that exceeds new money red neck, rapist, or raving homeless person? I'm not asking for MLK or Gandhi, just an average Joe.