aga <aga@dhp.com> 11/16/96, 02:26am >>> On Fri, 15 Nov 1996, Bill Frantz wrote:
Yes it WAS!! He censored the mode and manner of the speaker. He censored the personal attacks and the rants and the racial diatribes! And that SUCKS! Gilmore was a fucking asshole for doing it! And Gilmore is the WORST kind of censor that there can be, one who censors a person's "style." -aga.admin InterNet Freedom Council
You state that Mr. Gilmore censored someone but yet I still see that someone's messages being propagated by `cypherpunks@toad.com'. If Mr Gilmore was really trying to censor someone he sure did a bad job of it and can be criticzed for that much as I still see mail from the censored party. Have you every lived, or been involved, in a society where censorship, or local distortion, of facts was the norm?? Do you have any idea how the powers that be discredit any voice in which they don't like the message (or even the tone) and the lengths they go to ensure the offical line is only one which is presented in a reasonable form?? Have you ever been arrested and interrogated by the local anti-corruption police because you made too much money and dealt with a company where one particular person was known to accept brides so therefore you must be corrupt?? So far no big deal, a simple misunderstanding - but the anti-corruption police know how you live your life and since you work long hours you must be cooking the books. There is censorship in this society but it is so not so blatant and is probably more dependent on what the established media choses to report or not report. Mr. Gilmore only made it slightly more difficult for one particular player, who was misbehaving badly, to be heard but did not totally remove that player's ability to be heard. If you are truly concerned about censorship you should be more concerned about how the current administration's polices in regards to cryptography will affect your future freedoms to communicate in a manner in which is completely private and will subject you to no government review of the subject matter discussed. Virtually Raymond@advcable.com