Cory Doctorow/Little Brother/98
"Marcus, I'm being serious. You think that these people don't > I'm not jamming. Not this week. Maybe
know they could go to jail? They believe in the cause. You believe not next. It's not because I'm scared.
in it too. Give them the credit to know what they're getting into. It's because I'm smart enough to know
It's not up to you to decide what risks they can or can't take."
that I'm better free than in prison.
They figured out how to stop our
tactic, so we need to come up with a
"It's my responsibility because if I tell them to stop, they'll new tactic. I don't care what the
stop." tactic is, but I want it to work. It's stupid to get arrested. It's only
"I thought you weren't the leader?"
jamming if you get away with it.
> There's another reason not to jam. If
"I'm not, of course I'm not. But I can't help it if they look to me you get caught, they might use you to
for guidance. And so long as they do, I have a responsibility to catch your friends, and their friends,
help them stay safe. You see that, right?" and their friends. They might bust your friends even if they're not on
"All I see is you getting ready to cut and run at the first sign of
Xnet, because the DHS is like a
maddened bull and they don't exactly
trouble. I think you're afraid they're going to figure out who you worry if they've got the right guy.
are. I think you're afraid for you." > I'm not telling you what to do.
"That's not fair," I said, sitting up, pulling away from her. > But the DHS is dumb and we're smart.
Jamming proves that they can't fight
"Really? Who's the guy who nearly had a heart attack when he terrorism because it proves that they
thought that his secret identity was out?" can't even stop a bunch of kids. If you get caught, it makes them look
"That was different," I said. "This isn't about me. You know it like they're smarter than us.
isn't. Why are you being like this?" > THEY AREN'T SMARTER THAN US! We are
smarter than them. Let's be smart.
"Why are you like this?" she said. "Why aren't you willing to be Let's figure out how to jam them, no
the guy who was brave enough to get all this started?" matter how many goons they put on the streets of our city.
"This isn't brave, it's suicide." I posted it. I went to bed.
"Cheap teenage melodrama, M1k3y." I missed Ange.
"Don't call me that!" #
"What, 'M1k3y'? Why not, M1k3y?" Ange and I didn't speak for the next four days, including the
I put my shoes on. I picked up my bag. I walked home.
weekend, and then it was time to go back to school. I'd almost
called her a million times, written a thousand unsent emails and
#
IMs.
> Why I'm not jamming Now I was back in Social Studies class, and Mrs Andersen greeted me with voluble, sarcastic courtesy, asking me sweetly
> I won't tell anyone else what to do, how my "holiday" had been. I sat down and mumbled nothing. I
because I'm not anyone's leader, no could hear Charles snicker.
matter what Fox News thinks.
> But I am going to tell you what I
plan on doing. If you think that's the She taught us a class on Manifest Destiny, the idea that the
right thing to do, maybe you'll do it Americans were destined to take over the whole world (or at least
too. that's how she made it seem) and seemed to be trying to provoke
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