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Re: Rejection policy of the Cypherpunks mailing list

To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Rejection policy of the Cypherpunks mailing list
From: [email protected] (Igor Chudov @ home)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 01:17:18 -0600 (CST)
Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "Dale Thorn" at Jan 27, 97 11:04:11 pm
Organization: Bool Sheet Software
Reply-To: [email protected] (Igor Chudov)
Sender: [email protected]

Dale Thorn wrote:
> 
> Kevin L Prigge wrote:
> > [email protected] 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?
> 

Don't you like power, Dale?

	- Igor.

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