Re: The Nature of the Cypherpunks Community and List

[Black Unicorn <unicorn@schloss.li>]

On Wed, 10 Jul 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:

> At 6:11 AM 7/10/96, Black Unicorn wrote:
> 
> >I wasn't touting conspiracy theories, just making what I thought was an
> >amusing observation.
> >
> >My apologies to Mr. Duvos.  I didn't at all mean to suggest he was in any
> >way responsible for this silliness, rather to point out the degree to
> >which the conversation has sunk into the sewer.
> 
> Please, Unicorn, people here are talking about what interests them, as
> directly demonstrated by the generation of articles and followups. If they
> were _more_ interested in discussing the IETF, or SFS, or Triple DES, for
> example, they _would_. (And at times they do, of course. All things have
> their times, and threads ebb and flow.)

Point taken.

> And, Unicorn, I recall you yourself generating several *dozen* long rants
> regarding Jim Bell, just a few months ago...

Touche.
 
> I suggest to all people who claim that the list has become "sewerpunks"
> that the best way to change the focus of the list is to write essays which
> generate responses (as you did, Unicorn, several days ago in your excellent
> "What remains to be done" piece). Leading by example, as opposed to
> "leading by kvetching."

I stand corrected, and agree.

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> --Tim May

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