Someone wrote to me:
Did you not mean any homo who has ever shaffted Gilmore and Sandy can write what the fuck they like but straight or intelligent or NORMAL people will have to be filtered.
Yes, that's precisely how Sandfart's moderation will work. Homosexuals like Jason Durbin will continue to post personal attacks on Gilmore's many "enemies", but the victims of the libel will not be able to respond and refute their lies. The concept of "the best response to speech you don't like is more speech" is totally alien to the homosexual subculture on the Internet. These control freaks are into censorship and B&D.
I realize that normal people are few and far between in cypher punks.
There may be quite a few normal and knowledgeable people left among the subscribers, but most posters are indeed militant homosexual censors who don't care about crypto except to drop a few "kewl" phrases - like Paul Bradley's infamous "brute-force attack on one-time pads".
I am NOT a cypher-punk and I hope that you do not class me as one, I am merely interested in cryptography and believe it or not I actually pick up tips every now and again from the list.
I'm sure you're not a "cypher punk" - you're both too smart and too straight. :-) A while back I saw an announcement of a "cypher punks" meating where Jim Bell was explicitly disinvited, and I announced that I don't consider myself a "cypher punk". Jim Bell is a pro-censorship asshole, but I will defend his freedom of speech nevertheless. Occasional tidbits of useful information do still appear on this list.
I am against moderation on the list and I aggree that Gilmug is a lying cocksucker. Please bear in mind that not everyone on the list is a "jew-hating" faggot with nothing but shit between their ears.
I wholeheartedly agree - however anyone who describes himself as a "cypher punk", after John Gilmore's dishonorable actions, probably is. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps