Censorware empowerment meeting (was satire)
Since I seem to have been misunderstood on at least two lists now, let me
forward this. --Declan
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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 12:45:25 -0700 (PDT)
From: Declan McCullagh
Declan, remember how I promised you I'd let you know as soon as I thought you'd been in Washington too long, so that you wouldn't turn into a beltway hack?
This is the red flag. Get out.
Apologies to all. In the future I will label all satiric posts as -L18, meaning those who are under 18 will probably not get the joke. By labeling my posts in this manner, I can ensure that they will be indexed up by search engines that will in the future only index properly-labeled pages. I can also ensure that users of Internet Explorer will remain able to read my scribbings, since the next version of IE is going to ship with RSACi turned on as a default. I will thus do my part to ensure a childsafe cyberspace, free from inappropriate material and bad jokes of all kinds. -Declan On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Lizard wrote:
Um...I think Declan was being humorously sarcastic. (What was that thread a few days ago about how irony doesn't work?) What's frightening is that his sarcasm comes perilously close -- some might say overlaps -- posts made in all apparent sincerity by others.
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