Re: Rejection policy of the Cypherpunks mailing list

[Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>]

Kevin L Prigge wrote:
> paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk said:

> > "cypherpunks will make the networks safe for censorship"

> "Idiots will make the networks require censorship"

The line above this one says it all, doesn't it?  If I judge you to
be "an idiot", then, if I also have the power to shut you up, I can
not only shut off your "noise" from me, but also prevent anyone else
from hearing you as well.  That's the real beauty of censorship -
if I have the power, I can make you a non-person by preventing most
people from hearing you at all.  Oh, lovely, isn't it?