From: ed.falk@Eng.Sun.COM (Ed Falk)
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 13:23:53 -0800 (PST)
To: sunder@brainlink.com
Subject: Re: Modified Token Posting Scheme
Message-ID: <199701071946.LAA05201@peregrine.eng.sun.com>
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> > > How about this simple policy scheme:
> > >
> > >   1) posts from known list members forwarded to list automatically
> > >   2) posts with "approval cookie" also forwarded automatically
> > >   3) otherwise, forwarded only after approval by moderator,
> > 
> > I.e., libel from Timmy May, Ray Arachelian, and the rest of the gang
> > is approved automatically, and when a victim tries to defend himself
> > and to point out that Timmy May is a liar, the response is delayed
> > and probably rejected by the moderator.
> > 
> > It's been said that the best response to speech one doesn't like
> > is more speech. "Cypher punks" want to take away the victim's
> > ability to respond to the lies being posted on their mailing list.
> 
> You are far from being the victim of anything.  If anything you're a big 
> huge thug who spams the list, posts racist flames, posts homophobic 
> flames, uses social engineering to find out info on his "enemies" and 
> then posts that info online with requests that others send flames to that 
> person's employers.

Besides, in my scheme, the first two options are explicitly there to
avoid moderation.  Just post under your real name or generate an
authentication cookie.