On Mon, 19 Dec 1994 mkj@october.ducktown.org wrote:
FREEDOM + DIVERSITY = NOISE
Where "noise" is defined as any behavior(s) which a significant portion of the group finds undesirable.
The problem is not freedom and diversity, but assholes. Those who did the most for freedom, got the pants flamed off them. Namely TC May, and Netscape. Tim was flamed for not having the latest and greatest hardware -- thereby allegedly holding back the revolution, though his hardware and software is typical of 99% of the net, as I determined by looking at the way in which binaries are posted. Netscape was flamed because the first encryption that they implemented was not in accord with cypherpunk priorities (It was in accord with commercial priorities, as it should be.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we James A. Donald are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. jamesd@netcom.com