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[ANON]: "Why We Fight!"
[[Reply-To: [email protected]]]
-=> Quoting [email protected] to John Nieder <=-
He> John,
He> I agree with much of what you say - but I wasn't aware that rec.guns
He> was a political discussion group. I think that makes a difference.
Well, no on at least a couple of counts: First, my original anger was
piqued by the practice of killing _all_ traffic coming from remailers,
even when the posts were NOT anonymous. I (and several other users who
have written to me about this issue) would frequently send perfectly
legitimate technical posts through remailers, with Reply-To: fields and
sigs attached, because the remailers afforded more header flexibility or
posting reliability. These messages were all snuffed, simply because
they came through a remailer. That's pure BS.
Secondly, a lot of folks do not feel easy about posting to ANY
gun-related list or group because of employer, social or other prejudice
to which they may be subjected. If a [email protected]
wants to use a simple remailer for putting a little shade on his
participation, I don't feel it's anyone else's business; "caution is not
cowardice and carelessness is not courage." More importantly, it's
nobody else's _problem_ as long as the content of the post is not
objectionable. Write this down:
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_You have no more right to pass judgment on another's "need" for
anonymity than Sarah Brady has a right to pass judgment on your "need"
for a handgun. Both are private matters of individual self-defense._
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That's the important "value" issue here, irrespective of the technical
ones. I am ashamed to see how many anti-anon RTKBA advocates can't see
the obvious parallels.
He> (By your statements you seem to feel that makes me, as well as our
He> Moderator, to be anti-gun.)
No, but maybe a bit parochial and in need of rethinking your definitions
of self-defense and personal freedom.
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