At 07:16 PM 3/20/97 -0600, Igor Chudov @ home wrote:

Mark M. wrote:

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Speaking as "XXXXXXXXX" (or, at least, one of the "XXXXXXXXXs"), I did receive the following message which originated from "TruthMonger." Shortly after I received the message, anon.nymserver.com closed down all of its free, anonymous accounts due to "abuse."

This is mostly addressed to jimbell: jim, it is now obvious that the remailer network is as weak as a 5 year old child. It cannot possibly withstand even mildest forms of "abuse".

Due to this fact, I question the viability of your assassination politics idea as it does not seem possible to safely operate an assassination bot.

I don't doubt that remailers need to be strengthened to support a "classic AP" system. However, complicating (or, perhaps, simplifying; depending on your point of view...) the issue is the fact that an AP-type system is going to be inherently self-protecting: Even if I wasn't inclined to donate to see the death of anybody else, I'd want to protect the underlying system to ensure its continued existence. I (and some others) are convinced that an AP-system would totally eliminate the series of tyrannies that governments have been throughout history. That, if true, is a _very_ valuable accomplishment to most of us, one for which we'd be wise to pay to achieve. And generally, where there is a demand, a free market supplies that desire with a product. Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com