1997-01-30 - Re: Fighting the cybercensor

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From: “Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM” <dlv@bwalk.dm.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Message ID: <199701300441.UAA22476@toad.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-01-30 04:41:09 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 20:41:09 -0800 (PST)

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From: "Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM" <dlv@bwalk.dm.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 1997 20:41:09 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Fighting the cybercensor
Message-ID: <199701300441.UAA22476@toad.com>
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"Phillip M. Hallam-Baker" <hallam@ai.mit.edu> writes:
> The Cold War was not won by the arms race, it was won in
> Eastern Europe which was never a major participant. The main
> instrument that won it was West German TV which broadcast
> pictures of supermarkets with full shelves into the homes
> of East Germans every night. The viewers could see that it
> was not mere propaganda and their relatives confirmed the
> fact. As a result the East German guards on the Berlin wall
> simply decided to leave their posts one night.

Do a lot of Americans really believe such things?

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Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM
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