From: Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 21:10:17 -0800 (PST)
To: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Subject: Re: Cyphernomicon by Tim May
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That question is one for Tim to answer, but I should point out that
philosophical anarchists are not necessarily opposed to rules, just
government rules -- which this moderation policy clearly is not.

-Declan


On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, Dale Thorn wrote:

> Toto wrote:
> > 3.5.1 Contrary to what people sometimes claim, there is no ruling
> >        clique of Cypherpunks. Anybody is free to do nearly anything,
> >        just not free to commit others to course of action, or claim
> >        to speak for the "Cypherpunks" as a group (and this last
> >        point is unenforceable except through reputation and social
> >        repercussions).
> > 3.6.3 "Why isn't the list moderated?"
> >       ...hardly consistent with many of our anarchist leanings, is it?
> >       - "No, please, let's not become a 'moderated' newsgroup. This
> >       would be the end of freedom!
> 
> Is this why T.C. May hasn't posted in quite a while?
> 
> 
>