Jeff Davis says:
I am semi-retired, and was quitely living out my life in Wyoming until John Perry Barlow declared revolutionary war in cyberspace.
I was unaware that a revolutionary war was in progress. Perhaps everyone is using silenced guns. I was especially unaware that John Perry Barlow had declared one -- presumably he intends to personally secede from the union? -- but doubtless YOU have heard such, Mr. Davis. Naturally, with your privileged status as an EFF member, (which you claim to have taken great steps to authenticate to the press) you get all sorts of things, like license to kill, full diplomatic immunity, a license to carry fully automatic variables, and status as a reserve unix kernel (C2 security clearance) in the cyberspace revolutionary militia. However, some of the rest of us are unaware that John Perry Barlow has declared a revolutionary war in cyberspace -- possibly even Barlow is unaware of the fact -- and are doomed to remain covered with the shroud of ignorance. Have you considered that we might be happier that way? Perry