From: an57322@anon.penet.fi (T.A.Z.)
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 94 19:40:40 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Clarification RE: Nazis on the Net
Message-ID: <9402120215.AA28871@anon.penet.fi>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain




DrZaphod wrote:

>        That may have been just a snide comment.. but I'll address
>it anywayz... are you applying the old logic of "Germany is screwed up",
>"Germany is democratic", "U.S. is democratic -- we MUST be screwed up!"
>Cuz that logic doesn't work in real life.. maybe on the net, tho.


Sorry for being unclear. This is what I was trying to say:

I am an anarchist and don't like Nazis. However, I believe that everyone
should have the right to say what they believe needs to be said. By making
it illegal to let certain parts of society know how to start a newspaper
(assuming this is true), the German government employs the very same
principles it is trying to fight. Furthermore, I believe that a government
in power that use fascist methods (such as taking away one's right to
publsh a paper) is more dangerous to society as a whole than some juvenile
hotheads, whose crazy ideas probably would be rather discredited than being
help by putting out for everyone to read.

As for the analogy to the US: I see the constant increase in attempts to
censor the media as a warning that perhaps some day soon it may be illegal
to tell someone in the US how to go about publishing your own paper.


Peace,

-= T.A.Z.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
To find out more about the anon service, send mail to help@anon.penet.fi.
Due to the double-blind, any mail replies to this message will be anonymized,
and an anonymous id will be allocated automatically. You have been warned.
Please report any problems, inappropriate use etc. to admin@anon.penet.fi.