At 10:22 PM -0800 5/4/97, Alan Olsen wrote:
I really knew what specific actions caused people to have such a NASTY opinion of C2net. I have seen mistakes on their part, but nothing to warrent the kind and amount of venom I have seen from people. Maybe I missed something somewhere... (Or is this one of those "people who disagree with me are <fill in insult here>"?)
This is an easy one. The only continuing insults I see come from Vulis. No further explanation is needed. (One wonders why Vulis does not simply program one of his insultbots to spew out a daily insult.) I happen to believe C2Net overreacted to Vulis' slur about the quality of Stronghold, and I strongly, strongly believe that Sandy S. should not have censored the Vulis post while being an employee of C2Net (that is, he should have done one or more of the following: let it pass the way so many off the wall posts were passed, announce publically what he was doing at the very least, recuse himself from the decision due to conflict of interest, or, best of all, quit as censor). But the C2Net flap is behind us. The continuing claims that it was C2Net which instructed Gilmore to remove Vulis are incorrect--Gilmore actually receives his instructions from the Elders of Zion, relayed through the San Francisco representatives of the Bilderburgers. As for stores asking for personal info, this is unsurprising. Fortunately, one can always refuse to give it, or lie, or just shrug. No laws yet demand this information be given (except for sales of guns and other such almost-contraband). Stores seek information for marketing, for decisions on placement of new stores (which is why zip codes are sometimes asked for), etc. "Identity is just another credential in a negotiation." --Tim May There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."