On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, aga wrote:

On Tue, 28 Jan 1997, Igor Chudov @ home wrote:

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Dale Thorn wrote:

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Kevin L Prigge wrote:

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paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk said:

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"cypherpunks will make the networks safe for censorship"

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"Idiots will make the networks require censorship"

The line above this one says it all, doesn't it? If I judge you to be "an idiot", then, if I also have the power to shut you up, I can not only shut off your "noise" from me, but also prevent anyone else from hearing you as well. That's the real beauty of censorship - if I have the power, I can make you a non-person by preventing most people from hearing you at all. Oh, lovely, isn't it?

Don't you like power, Dale?

- Igor.

Power corrupts, in some instances.

Instances where the power is concentratted to one individual or small group of individual....