Perry E. Metzger writes:

hallam@Etna.ai.mit.edu writes:

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On 19 Jul 1996 19:51:39 Hallam-Baker wrote

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It is no coincidence that the Tree of Liberty needs to be watered with blood on occasion.

Nope, that wasn't me who said that. I don't normally quote the words of slave owners on the subject of liberty.

No one would ever accuse you of supporting freedom, Phill. I'm sure it was an accident.

Perry, Can we add "Doc" Hallam-Baker to the pledge program? Seriously, c-punks is an incredibly valuable resource/forum. There are many hundreds of folks on the list (like me) who may not have the relevant technical expertise to contribute intelligently and/or frequently, but I think that we all _learn_ a great deal by reading the timely and thoughtful essays, debates, and points of view selflessly and sometimes thanklessly contributed by the likes of (in no particular order and by no means inclusively) Messrs. May, Sandfort, Unicorn, Green, Parekh, your goodself and many, many, many others. Of course, there are always those who will willfully waste thousands of man-hours per day for the list with their obviously unwelcome drivel (I do not here make reference to the clueless "suscrives" who stumble onto the list with questions about "kewl stuff"). In a physical setting, even the most obtuse person eventually realizes that he or she is being ostracized, but in the ether... (Sigh...) David M. Rose