From: Anonymous <anon@anon.efga.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 05:09:00 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: No Subject
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>> (Many people here probably remember Fred Cherry - Panix pulled his 
>plug for
>> "homophobia".)
>> chris.com pulled the plug on TRRJC3 (Igor's pal) because of content.
>I wish you could be a little more specific.
>Harrashing email and excessive cross-posting in violation of each 
>UseNet 
>group charter is not
>censorship.

If ISP's censored flames (harrasments, whatever) then we might as well call every ISP AOL.

>If someone sends a gay an email saying "I will kill you. Look out for 
>the 
>next gay pride parade" that's is legitimate ground for action.

What if it was a joke, or a false threat?

>> I also wouldn't trust Lance Cottrell.  He's selling privacy for the 
>$$, not
>> for the ideology; he'll bend over the moment he thinks there's more 
>$$ in
>> bending over, which is usually the case.
>What is wrong selling privacy for money?

It usually involves making it shitty.

>> Remember how Sameer Parekh's C2Net used to try to peddle a "privacy 
>ISP"
>> because he failed miserable and diversified into peddiling shitty 
>software
>> and making idiotic legal threats? He happily pulled plugs bases on 
>content,
>> while at the same time stating in court papers that he doesn't 
>censor content.
>> What a pathological liar.
>I suppose you can back up your claim with documentation.
>What court document are you referring as evidence that Sameer Parekh 
>is a 
>pathological liar?

None is necessary.  Parekh is a liar, and just a general tool of c2.net.