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1996-11-04 - Re: FW: Dr. Vulis is not on cypherpunks any more

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From: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
To: blanc <blancw@cnw.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1996-11-04 02:17:25 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 18:17:25 -0800 (PST)

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From: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 18:17:25 -0800 (PST)
To: blanc <blancw@cnw.com>
Subject: Re: FW: Dr. Vulis is not on cypherpunks any more
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At 03:08 PM 11/3/96 -0800, blanc <blancw@cnw.com> wrote:

>Vulis did everything to set himself up for what he got, did he not.

Indeed - my hunch is that this is the result that Vulis was determined to
get, and would have done whatever was necessary to bring it about. Now he
can cry that he is the "victim" of evil censorship, and he can wear the
white hat of virtue - notwithstanding that he consciously sought to be
censored, and has himself contributed mightily towards the (temporary)
destruction of an otherwise useful list. Now he can leave the list with his
"virtue" and his pride intact; something he could not have done had he
simply unsubscribed himself.

There are plenty of people who would have (and will) help him if he manages
to come up with something on-topic to say. But, short-term, he's gotten
what he was looking for (a chance to play victim) and we get a list with
less crap on it.

Perhaps we should have a moment of silence for Dmitri Vulis, sympathetic
victim, target of dastardly censors, paragon of virtue and righteousness.
I'll go ahead and have mine now. 

Given that John Gilmore is the source of the oft-repeated "The net sees
censorship as damage and routes around it" quote, it strikes me as unlikely
that he took the steps he did without some reflection on their meaning,
consequences, and chances of success.

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