]To: cypherpunks@toad.com, gnu@toad.com ]Subject: Dr. Vulis is not on cypherpunks any more ]From: John Gilmore
]As stated by Dr. Vulis, he is no longer on the cypherpunks mailing ]list, and indeed majordomo@toad.com HAS been instructed to ignore his ]requests to resubscribe. ] ]The cypherpunks list is for discussions centered around cryptography.
I agree totally. My friends in Berkeley agree that cryptography discussions should stick to more relevant topics, like Ebonics. We had a lively debate, over tea and crumpets, the other day, and decided that it was well worth sorting through pages and pages of 'crackers' making fun of 'niggah tok' in order to find out that crack dealers are using 'street cryptography.' As well, there were some enlightening posts re: Ebonics syntax; clarifying the proper use of 'dis' and 'dat'. Some in our group were of the mind that Dr.VD K's occasional rants in regard to mass slaughter were a timely reminder of the end result of individuals, groups, or governments being able to 'classify' us into categories that can be marked for 'deletion'. But they were mostly 'domestic' tea-drinkers, anyway, so their views are really of little importance. The majority were happy that you marked Dr. DV K for 'deletion'. Our topic of discussion tomorrow will be, "Censorship / The 'Final Solution' to Dr. DV K, Or Just 'Attack Cryptography'?" There are those of the mind that censorship is comparable to distributing 'bogus' copies of a person's Public Key, and scrambling their Private Key, effectively denying them any communication with society. However, these people are, once again, the 'domestic' tea- drinkers. I am sure that your actions in regard to Dr. Vulius will be a strong message to other CypherPunks that they had better toe-the-line, or else. Perhaps it would also be useful to go through the CypherPunk archives and send personal warnings to those on the list who appear to have encouraged him in the past. If their postings leave their attitude unclear in your mind, then you might want to check their 'web history' and find out what sites they have been visiting, to confirm whether or not they are of an 'acceptable' frame of mind. Sincerely, Toto