From: rah@shipwright.com (Robert Hettinga)
Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 23:32:29 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: e$: Paint it Black
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As strange as my politics are ;-), I've never been one for political
protests, at least not since I graduated college and grew up.

However, it seems that I've done enough protesting for silly causes in my
youth to excuse me for doing one small thing about something I still *do*
believe in, the freedom to talk about what you want without the threat of
someone hauling you off to jail.

With that in mind, I'm joining the EFF, VTW, and thousands of other web
sites across the world today and making the e$ Home Page black for 48 hours.
I'm hoping that others out there will join me in making Black Thursday as
memorable as they can for the people who think that censoring the net is
even possible, much less conscionable.

"The net sees censorship as damage, and routes around it."
              -- John Gilmore


Cheers,
Bob Hettinga

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Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com)
e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"Reality is not optional." --Thomas Sowell
The e$ Home Page: http://thumper.vmeng.com/pub/rah/