At 10:43 PM 3/12/96 -0800, Sandy Sandfort wrote:
On Tue, 12 Mar 1996, Dr. Dimitri Vulis wrote:
"Cypherpunk" is not a trademarked name. I've seen people say on this list (paraphrased)..."I'm hosting a cypherpunks meeting and X will not be permitted to come because I don't like his political views". I like reading this list, but if these views are compatible with being a cypherpunk, then I'm not one.
No one has ever made an announcement on the Cypherpunks list such as the one you "paraphrased." The meetings have always been open to everyone.
If the good doctor is referring to my univiting of Jim Bell to a private party held AFTER a Cypherpunk meeting he had better get his facts straight. Jim Bell would have been welcome at the Cypherpunks meeting. He would not have been welcome at my party, though, because of his intemperate bad manners, NOT his politics.
Jim Bell is confused. He was assuming that you were refering to the Feb Cypherpunks meeting held in Portland. The meeting was held in a private residence and Jim was asked not to attend because the owner of the apartment did not want to deal with Mr. Bell's poor behaviour. It had nothing to do with his political beliefs. It had everything to do with how he handles himself when his views are challenged. But then, everything that happens in Portland that is not to Jim's satisfaction is somehow my fault... --- Alan Olsen -- alano@teleport.com -- Contract Web Design & Instruction `finger -l alano@teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key http://www.teleport.com/~alano/ "We had to destroy the Internet in order to save it." - Sen. Exon