Anonymity and talk.politics.chinal

Many of the messages in talk.politics.china are anonymous. They use anon.penet.fi Many of these messages are in Chinese, not ASCII. This is an obvious example of legitimate use of anonymity. In addition this example makes an association in peoples minds between suppressing anonymity, and discouraging dissent. --------------------------------------------------------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we James A. Donald are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. jamesd@netcom.com