Bruce Dovala writes:
I _pay_ to read what's on this list. I was hoping that it would concern cryptography, remailers, etc. Detweiler was gone for a time. Now apparently it's the current fashion to flame him since he's returned. I'm not gonna pay to read rants against him. Do _something_ or talk in private. Does any of this shit belong on the list? And should I have to pay for it?
Hey. like, I pay to read what's on this list, and, like, I'm getting really tired of fuck-wads ranting about their being too much ranting, and, like, you know, I'm like not going to take it anymore. Read me? ---end of all-too-common rant--- Explanation of above rant: I'm not singling my colleague Bruce out for criticism, but this business of people complaining that the List is straying from what _they_ want to hear about that day is wrong-headed. Especially stuff about "I pay to read this list and...." The recent "flames" about Detweiler have been about the extremely important issues of remailer policy, handling of mailbombs, options for screening, advisability of screening and blocking, etc. The discussion has been remarkably free of flames qua flames against poor Larry himself, as 90% of us take it as a given that he's gone 'round the bend. The List talks about what people write about, period. The current discussion about remailer policy, source screening, pros and cons of these views, etc., is a whole lot more timely and relevant than discussing "cryptography," if by cryptography one means the eights rehashing of DES, the fifteenth debate about sources of random numbers, or the twenty-third explanation of how PGP works. Meanwhile, anyone is free to raise new issues. Or even old ones. Those who want to respond, will. The democratic market in action. But please don't attempt to "shame" others into not talking about some subject just because it's not what you want to hear about that day. Just delete messages you don't want to see. If, for some reason, you have to pay some outrageous amount per message (as Prodigy and others have been known to do), then this list is probably not for you. Or find a better Internet provider. --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power:2**859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available.