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Re: Detweiler abuse again
Tim,
> I support Hal's proposal that as many remailer operators as possible
> attempt to filter Detweiler's postings. All it will take for Detweiler
> to get through is one who doesn't filter, and who supports encryption,
> but this will still make it harder for folks like Detweiler to abuse
> the system.
I disagree. While I can honestly say that I don't like most Detweiler
posts, I feel that he is showing us the possibility of how remailers
can (and are) being abused. I think censorship is the wrong answer.
I think there needs to be some accountability, even if it is anonymous
accountability.
"How do we acount for something that's anonymous?" I hear you ask me.
Well, I don't have the answer to that. Maybe our idea of anonymity is
slightly in error. Maybe we need something like penet, where you
actually get a return ID, to have some sort of anonymity. I don't
know 100% for sure that Detweiler is an12070, although I do believe it
is his address.
Although I don't agree with his means, I do feel that once in a while
Detweiler does post something useful. He does have something to say,
although he has a real backwards way of saying it. (So backwards that
he causes people to stop listening before he makes his point).
But I feel censorship is *always* the wrong solution, unless it is
done at the end-point. I.e., I can *choose* not to read posts from
detweiler, or an12070, but that is my choice. I do not think anyone
has the right to say to me that I *cannot* read his posts. It should
be my perogative. Maybe we should change our systems to allow for
anonymous accountability?
Just a thought (or series thereof ;-)
-derek