At 8:48 AM 7/19/96, Simon Spero wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jul 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
Filtering is not "wrong," Cerridwyn, it is a rational response to garbage being spewed constantly. I filter lots of items. I read "Scientific American" and "The Economist" because they filter (or "censor," in the sense some are objecting to here) nonsense about "queer rights" and
Actually, the Economist has, er, come out strongly in favour of gay rights on numerous occasions- most recently on the issue of same sex marriages.
Sure, and I didn't exactly state what my position _is_ on so-called queer rights. I said I have no interest in hearing nonsense about it, e.g., the drumbeat of propaganda, etc. Of course, it should come as no surprise that I believe everyone has the legal right to refuse to associate with anyone. Thus, a shop owner or employer, in my view, has every right to refuse service or employment to whomever he wishes. While many may not _like_ this (including me, when I am banned from certain businesses, as I am), it is part and parcel of liberty. --Tim May Boycott "Big Brother Inside" software! We got computers, we're tapping phone lines, we know that that ain't allowed. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Licensed Ontologist | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."