1993-11-15 - Re: The Courtesies of Cypherpunks

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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <pmetzger@lehman.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1993-11-15 14:20:28 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 15 Nov 93 06:20:28 PST

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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <pmetzger@lehman.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 93 06:20:28 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: The Courtesies of Cypherpunks
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Mike McNally says:
> We've all worried about various types of regulations on traffic which
> may be proposed or imposed as the net becomes more common.  What if
> this type of paranoia crops up more frequently?  (Indeed, it may have
> happened many times in the past; Mr. Detweiler is just very "loud"
> about it.)  Is it likely that there are a lot of people on shaky
> emotional footing who'll lose their grip when faced with the new
> sociological paradigms of electronic communities?

It will happen, but good filtering agents can stop it from becoming
annoying.

Perry





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