Friday August 07, 2009 at 16:51
“you can’t make people shut up. they will find a way to say what they want to, if they really need to. that’s what’s wonderful about the internet. they can say it, and you don’t have to read it.
if you try to make them shut up, you will spend a lot of energy trying to stop other people from doing their thing.
instead, spend your energy doing your thing.
”
— Justin Hall, “CommDecAct,” 22 February 1996; quoted in Scott Rosenberg, “Putting Everything Out There,” Say Everything (via Fireland)