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Re: Thoughts re moderation, filtering, and name changes
Dale Thorn wrote:
> hjk wrote:
> > On Mon, 20 Jan 1997, Dale Thorn wrote:
> > > hjk wrote:
>
> > > Now whatever you think of your fellow citizens, or even those of the
> > > USA (to name an example), I'm sure is OK on whatever basis you apply
> > > your judgement. But I guarantee you that the people on the cypherpunks
> > > list are no more or less intelligent than the people who vegetate in
> > > front of their TV sets every day, right there where you live, in all
> > > probability. If you believe that your fellow citizens vote intelligently,
> > > then I respond that cypherpunks vote intelligently. What do you think?
>
> > Well, I thought cypherpunks claim to be elite.
>
> Most of the erstwhile elite types do the ordinary things in a quite
> ordinary way. Get dressed, eat, collect and send e-mail, and so on.
>
> The un-ordinary things (for example) are the thought processes which
> take place while typing out a post. Those thought processes don't
> generally intersect directly with the mundane things such as operating
> the computer, unless the operations themselves are unusual and demand
> the full attention of the person involved.
>
So what?
- Igor.