From: Peter Honeyman <honey@citi.umich.edu> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 93 21:22:27 EST ... I don't believe in prior restraint; but I do believe in personal responsibility ... ... in this model, how can you provide personal responsibility? ted, when you say you favor personal responsibility, do you mean "i am in favor of people acting responsibly," which i take to be the sense of the first quote, or do you mean "i want there to be a way to hold people responsible for their actions," which i take to be the meaning of the second? Yes, I mean the second interpretation; what generally tends to happen is that without the second, generally the first deteriorates over time. And "holding somone responsible for their actions" doesn't necessarilly mean throwing someone in jail, or sueing them for lots of money --- it can be as simple as their knowing that what they say can be traced back to them, and their own personal credibility is on the line. (As opposed to some pseudonym's credibility, which can always be discarded and a new one requested.) - Ted