Re: Anonymous remailers: A call to arms wanted

[Cyberdog <eric@clever.net>]

>Anonymous remailers protect speakers from retaliation. The Founders used
>anonymity, as the pseudonymous writings in the Federalist Papers show.
>
>Granted, some anonymous posts are drivel, some are even illegal.
>
>So?
>

The Antifederalist writers used pen-names too, and recent events make thier
arguments interesting.

http://colossus.net/wepinsto/rot/afp/index.html

Index to the Antifederalist Papers



       Antifederalist No. 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION: A DANGEROUS PLAN OF BENEFIT
       ONLY TO THE "ARISTOCRATICK COMBINATION"
       Antifederalist No. 2 "WE HAVE BEEN TOLD OF PHANTOMS"
       Antifederalist No. 3 NEW CONSTITUTION CREATES A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT;
       WILL NOT ABATE FOREIGN INFLUENCE; DANGERS OF CIVIL WAR AND DESPOTISM
       Antifederalist No. 4 FOREIGN WARS, CIVIL WARS, AND INDIAN WARS - THREE
       BUGBEARS
       Antifederalist No. 5 SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND - A CASE IN POINT
       Antifederalist No. 6 THE HOBGOBLINS OF ANARCHY AND DISSENSIONS AMONG THE
       STATES
       Antifederalist No. 7 ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION WILL LEAD TO CIVIL
WAR
       Antifederalist No. 8 "THE POWER VESTED IN CONGRESS OF SENDING TROOPS FOR
       SUPPRESSING INSURRECTIONS WILL ALWAYS ENABLE THEM TO STIFLE THE
       FIRST STRUGGLES OF FREEDOM"
....