Re: [REBUTTAL] Censorship on cypherpunks?, from The Netly News

["Mark M." <markm@voicenet.com>]

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On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, George A. Stathis wrote:

> Not at all easy, for a lot of people. Moreover, it's very time-consuming.
> It's only easy if you are prepared to put up with costs of time, money,
> and also... service providers (who don't always agree with you)...

If setting up a new mailing list is that important to people, it will get
done.  There's nothing preventing people from pooling together resources to
form a mailing list.

> In a lot of places in the world, starting mailing lists is almost
> impossible unless you can be _inside_ an Internet Provider Company
> (and use Unix or whatever they use, in their own machines).

Some ISP's provide this service for not much more than the cost of a standard
dial-up account.  It certainly is possible for people to form a mailing list.
Most people find whining a lot easier.

> Man you're nutts. There are very few and quite vast Media Companies
> in the world, and they're on the verge of becoming monopolies.
> 
> Even your American President is in reality a puppet of the Trilateral
> Commission, who effectively also control CNN, the Washington Post,
> and many many many other things all over the world.
> 
> And you are saying that control of the media by ownership is
> impossible?  You're far out maaan! :-)
> 
> Only in America such a naive opinion could actually be _believed_.
> (here I go again... aga! :-) )

Is this a troll?

> 
> George
> 
> 
> P.S. Even if you offered me a million dollars I'd stay away from
>      your country. My sanity is much more valuable.  :-)
>      (The Immigration Authorities in the U.S. have missed the point:
>       We DON'T want to come to you guys. It's the last thing we'd want!)
> 

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