From: frantz@netcom.com (Bill Frantz)
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 10:26:20 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Singapore Global Action Alert (8/29/96)
Message-ID: <199608292303.QAA09504@netcom7.netcom.com>
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At  5:21 PM 8/29/96 -0500, Jean-Francois Avon wrote:
>I am fed up of seing net users giving every would-be dictator the
>benefit of the doubt.  There is no tolerance to be applied to that. 
>There is no such thing as being tolerent to poison.

I don't think this is giving Singapore's rulers the benefit of the doubt. 
Rather, it is a case of asking politely the first time.  Since it is asking
him to change a policy of his, it is merely avoiding calling him a shithead
in the process.  When you want someone to do something voluntarily, it is
usually better to start by being polite.

It is up to other net-forces to make sure that censorship is ineffective
for technical reasons.


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