On Sat, 8 Jun 1996 ichudov@algebra.com wrote:
Since corrupt officials are likely to have more anonymous cash that phreedom phighters, guess who will win.
Also, think about this: lots of people have someone they'd like to assassinate but do not actually do it because of lack of anonymity and associated hassles (like dealing with assassins non-anonymously, abundance of traces, possible confession of the assassin and so on). With your assassination clearinghouse these hassles go away. I think it would present an excellent prospect for reducing the population.
I could see an easy possibility for sting operations with the added feature that you can have assassinated all the supected assassins (ie anybody that may have come near whatever surveillance there may have been). Why bother with courts and trials? I still think assassination politics is self-terminating.
Maybe *that* will help the whales and trees, because of the effect on demand.
Don't you mean supply? Stores and physical companies are easier to target than consumers. But the only remaining environmentalists or for that matter any other people with strong views will be net-based pseudonyms. Usenet flamewars, editorials and talk shows just don't seem dying for, imho.