Uu> From: plmoses@unix.cc.emory.edu (Paul L. Moses) Uu> Regarding the Electronic Democracy idea, I vote with Tim May. Look at Uu> the way public opinion is molded today through CNN, Tom Brokaw, Connie Uu> Chung, Oprah Winfrey, etc. One could even say that Clinton is the Uu> "Phil Donahue president" (he 'cares') - just look at the second Uu> candidate debate last fall. A talk show if ever there was one. As a Second Amendment activist, I am particularly aware of the dangers of an instant-input viewer poll bearing the weight of law following a particularly disgusting piece of BooHoo/Advocacy Broadcast Journalism. . Though I don't see how this is directly relevant to the cypherpunks thang, I do know that I am horrified at the potential for abuse inherent in the "electronic Town Hall" concept. I also find that most computer folk have wild enthusiasm for this idea while bearing no inkling of the ease with which the process could be subverted. ********************************************************************* * <m..stirner@f28.n125.z1.fidonet.org> - PGP Key D30909 via servers * * > What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not <* * > warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit <* * > of resistance? Let them take arms!" - Thomas Jefferson, 1787 <* ********************************************************************* ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 -- M. Stirner - via FidoNet node 1:125/1 UUCP: ...!uunet!kumr!shelter!0!0!M..Stirner INTERNET: M..Stirner@f0.n0.z1.FIDONET.ORG