17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Kevin L Prigge wrote:
paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk said:
"cypherpunks will make the networks safe for censorship"
"Idiots will make the networks require censorship"
The line above this one says it all, doesn't it? If I judge you to be "an idiot", then, if I also have the power to shut you up, I can not only shut off your "noise" from me, but also prevent anyone else from hearing you as well. That's the real beauty of censorship - if I have the power, I can make you a non-person by preventing most people from hearing you at all. Oh, lovely, isn't it?