Fred Cherry is a prize example of your lonely pamphleteer, though he's one who's just plain wacky. Note that calling someone wacky or a loon does not equate to saying they should be silenced. I've said many times that Cherry should not be muzzled on Usenet. -Declan For more info on Fred Cherry and his lawsuit, check out my #5 fight-censorship dispatch at: http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/dl?num=2115 On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Martin Minow wrote:
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 11:16:49 -0700 From: Martin Minow <minow@apple.com> To: declan@well.com Cc: minow@apple.com, cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: re: Fight-Censorship Dispatch #12: CDA deathwatch, copyright update
In "Fight-Censorship Dispatch #12", Declan McCullagh writes about "everybody's favorite net.loon," Fred Cherry:
Whatever you think of Cherry's antics, you gotta grant him one thing not many people have the balls to demand that a Federal court uphold their right to flame.
I suspect that Tom Payne would -- Cherry seems from your description to be a prize example of "the lonely pamphleteer."
It would be interesting to know what Nat Hentoff thinks of Fred.
Martin Minow minow@apple.com