"Bradley W. Dolan" <71431.2564@CompuServe.COM>:
[Seabrook's rant against flaming] project, told me, "You won't have a Waco in Texas, you'll have a Waco in cyberspace. You could have a cult, speaking to each other through encryption, that suddenly erupts in society - well programmed, well organized - and then suddenly disappears again." Therefore, in an effort to balance the good and bad
Excuse me? Will the cyberspace Waco abuse children with paddles in basement 'punishment rooms' - maybe by posting their names to alt.basement.punishment? Will the cyberspace Waco be able to _physically_ intimidate people into acting against their will? The major difference between cyberspace and the world of brick houses is that no _physical_ crime is possible - no matter what anti-porn kooks say, you _can't_ rape with words; or murder, or torture or kidnap. Even the pedophiles (98.3356% of the Net's population, apparently) cannot go beyond _communication_ on the Net... Even if one agrees with the debatable criminality of consensual sex with minors, the act itself has to be _physical_! The crime cannot be in discussing it. What's the FBI going to do? Jail people for _talking_ about murder, or jail _murderers_? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rishab Aiyer Ghosh They came for the Jews, and I was silent because I was not a Jew; rishab@dxm.ernet.in They came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not protest, because I did not Voice/Fax/Data +91 11 6853410 belong to a trade union; Voicemail +91 11 3760335 They came for the Catholics, and I said nothing because I was not a Catholic; H 34C Saket And then they came for me. New Delhi There was no one left to say anything... INDIA ----Father Niemoeller