From: "Mark M." <markm@voicenet.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Nov 1996 16:40:50 -0800 (PST)
To: dthorn@gte.net>
Subject: Re: [rant] Re: Censorship on cypherpunks
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On Wed, 6 Nov 1996, Dale Thorn wrote:

> What both of these arguments (moreso the first) fail to mention is an individual's
> investment in time and possibly a lot of money in various memberships, with expec-
> tations that they will have the opportunity to develop and express themselves to
> their utmost capability.  When I have a problem with some of the dirty things my
> representatives in Washington DC do on my behalf, people say "like the U.S. or
> leave it", etc., as though my father, his father, his father, etc. clear back to
> the 1600's in the colonies here, wasted their blood on the battlefields defending
> these assholes who like to say "you can just leave if you don't like it".

This is why contracts are important.  There is no contract, implied or
otherwise, to which John Gilmore is bound that forces him to protect everyone's
"right" to be subscribed to cpunks and post whatever they want to the list.

Mark
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