From: The Spectre <spectre@nac.net>
Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 23:49:20 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Anonymity and cowardice
Message-ID: <15302945318065@nac.net>
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To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Wed May 14 11:34:45 1997

> The time per year it takes for me to delete all these messages is about 
> the same as the amount of time it took me to reply to your previous 
> message plus the amount of time it will now take me to compose this 
> reply.  All back of the envelope, of course.
All by choice, which is what we're talking about here..

> I've been on this list for 18 months and have seen plenty of worthwhile
> posts from remailers.  You're entitled to your opinion, but I strongly
> disagree.
I guess I'll just never know..

> So you're calling John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton 
> cowards
> (anonymous authors of the Federalist Papers)?  Many others have 
> (also used
> anonymity to further the cause of liberty.  I doubt your real 
> name is "The Spectre" yet that is the name under which you are posting. 
>  Are you calling yourself a coward?
The difference in all these cases (save mine) is that the people you listed 
would have been persecuted, if not prosecuted, for their actions.  Now 
people are hiding out of fear and paranoia of something that in most cases 
doesn't exist.  The people you mentioned never had to deal with this level 
of abuse, either.

In my case, it's simply the name i've old my email package to append to my 
messages.  Anyone who really wants to can look me up at any time.
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