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1997-01-28 - Re: Rejection policy of the Cypherpunks mailing list

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From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
To: Kevin L Prigge <Kevin.L.Prigge-2@tc.umn.edu>
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UTC Datetime: 1997-01-28 07:05:00 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 23:05:00 -0800 (PST)

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From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 23:05:00 -0800 (PST)
To: Kevin L Prigge <Kevin.L.Prigge-2@tc.umn.edu>
Subject: Re: Rejection policy of the Cypherpunks mailing list
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Kevin L Prigge wrote:
> paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk said:

> > "cypherpunks will make the networks safe for censorship"

> "Idiots will make the networks require censorship"

The line above this one says it all, doesn't it?  If I judge you to
be "an idiot", then, if I also have the power to shut you up, I can
not only shut off your "noise" from me, but also prevent anyone else
from hearing you as well.  That's the real beauty of censorship -
if I have the power, I can make you a non-person by preventing most
people from hearing you at all.  Oh, lovely, isn't it?

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