From: nobody@REPLAY.COM (Anonymous)
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 12:59:27 +0800
To: cypherpunks@ssz.com
Subject: Re: Remailers and ecash (fwd)
In-Reply-To: <199710020003.TAA22891@einstein.ssz.com>
Message-ID: <199710020435.GAA10957@basement.replay.com>
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[snip stuff about message pools, singapore, clams, tv shows, etc]
> The only reason that anonymous remailers are useful here is that the
> originating party doesn't want to deal with the results of being known.
> The flip side to this is that the reputation of anonymous discussions in
> these sorts of areas would have little political impact. A person who won't
> discuss such issues under their own name certainly won't go out and become
> actively involved in some political movement. Now if your claim is that such
> activity might hold some weight with an elected official I would appreciate
> an explanation as well - especialy considering that the anonymity provides
> just enough 'cover' so that the politician can safely ignore any and all
> traffic made through this mechanism, "They aren't one of my constituents."
> If you have some reasoning outside this please share it.

The question is will people pay money for this.  Nobody gives a damn if you
think it's useful or not.  The customer is always right, and all that.
Obviously, some people had a reason to take the time to write those thousands
of posts, the question is will they pay the remailers to post them.