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

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From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)
To: dthorn@gte.net
Message Hash: c3221fc815f7ddde41a4e37737ff415730872e2595fe6e3c9771b526ca7344b3
Message ID: <199701280717.BAA16135@manifold.algebra.com>
Reply To: <32EDA4EB.604D@gte.net>
UTC Datetime: 1997-01-28 07:22:50 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 23:22:50 -0800 (PST)

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From: ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov @ home)
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 23:22:50 -0800 (PST)
To: dthorn@gte.net
Subject: Re: Rejection policy of the Cypherpunks mailing list
In-Reply-To: <32EDA4EB.604D@gte.net>
Message-ID: <199701280717.BAA16135@manifold.algebra.com>
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Dale Thorn wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 

Don't you like power, Dale?

	- Igor.

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