From: dlv@bwalk.dm.com (Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM)
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 05:08:43 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Censorship on cypherpunks?, from The Netly News
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Rich Graves <rcgraves@ix.netcom.com> writes:

> Omegaman wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, I understand this. It's quite obvious; being removed from the
> > > subscriber list hasn't slowed Vulis at all. When I was writing the piece
> > > Vulis seemed to have slowed his ad hominem attacks and instead was talkin
> > > about censorship (something that is within the charter of the list), but
> >                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > Actually, Declan, it's not.  "info cypherpunks" in the body of a message to
> > majordomo@toad.com yields the welcome message to the list -- the closest
> > thing to a charter available.  The subjects of censorship and free speech
> > are neither mentioned nor alluded to anywhere within that document.
>
> This is true.
>
> Declan's "fight-censorship" list, though, is supposed to be about censorship,
> and he's allowing no criticism of his positions there.

He's exercising his property rights at the expense of his credibility.

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