At 4:54 PM -0700 11/3/96, Will French wrote:
Except it's not very effective, is it, since he's still posting flames? In any case, it's an admission on John Gilmore's part that libertarianism can't work without some measure of authoritarianism; the only argument is over _just how much_ authoritarianism we need.
I disagree. The difference between John's actions and 'authoritarianism' is John runs this list himself for all of us. We do not pay him taxes to do it, we do not have financial interest in the computers he uses to do it and in the final analysis, he is not beholden to us, nor we - him. Ben Weiss Digital Arts & Sciences Corporation mailto://Ben@iis.DAScorp.com (formerly Digital Collections, Inc.) mailto://lazylion@idiom.com http://www.DAScorp.com/ WB5QAL/6 (Ham Radio) (510) 814-7200 x.240 voice Apple Partner, Apple Media Partner & Acius 4th Dimension Partner What part of 'Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech' did you not understand? Disclaimer:My company doesn't tell me what to say and I don't always say stuff with which they agree, but we still get along just fine