From: Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 18:56:50 +0800
To: mbp@pharos.com.au
Subject: Re: NAMBLA embattled -- mirror sites?
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971027101530.4515D-100000@buffalo.pharos.com.au>
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Martin Pool <mbp@pharos.com.au> writes:
> It's easy to believe in freedom in the abstract: you have to look at
> the boundary cases to decide what you really believe.

Very true.  That comment is worthy of a .sig quote.

It's the boundary cases that define the difference between `do you
believe in unconditional free speech' or `do you believe in free
speech as long as it doesn't offend you.

I would also say that just because someone is saying something
unpopular doesn't make me want to stick my neck out in mirroring it if
it's dangerous to do so.

Technological solutions are the answer, cf Tim's comments on Blacknet,
and anonymous USENET posts.

Adam
-- 
Now officially an EAR violation...
Have *you* exported RSA today? --> http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/

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