On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Timothy C. May wrote: [Nothing I disagree with -- DAMN!]
No apology needed. I just think it's a destructive, negative idea, one that I think could cast the Cypherpunks as a bunch of small-minded people.
Are you seriously trying to suggest that we're not? :-)
A research page having detailed links to their positions _might_ be useful to those who will be facing them in court or in debates. You might ask Godwin, Barlow, etc. if this would be useful.
But this is quite a different thing from an "Enemies List," which I rather doubt would be useful per se to Barlow, Godwin, and other civil liberties activists.
I concur. Lists of links sans unnecessary editorial commentary would be useful; counter-propaganda is distasteful and counterproductive. I hate to bring up those damn Nazis *yet again*, but hey, this is as an example, not for their own sake. Compare the following approaches to "bad ideas." http://www.wiesenthal.com/watch/index.html Does not provide any links. Just says "look out, they're out there." IMO ineffective, begging too many questions. http://www.web.apc.org/~ara/ "Let's make the 'bad guys' look good by comparison!" http://www.almanac.bc.ca/other-sites/ Lists of links with minimal editorial comments. Pretty good IMO. http://www.almanac.bc.ca/cgi-bin/ftp.pl Voluminous primary documents, with no editorial comments. Excellent. http://www.vir.com/Shalom/hatred.html Has the effect of glorifying the opposition. A very popular site among the Nazis. Sheesh. -rich