While Tim may be right that nobility is lost when backing down to the authorities, the fact is that this game has little to do with noble purposes. Check that, obvious noble purposes. While most on this list would agree that free flow of information is noble we have all seen that this is otherwise with people in power. As I stated in my last post, the Swiss have maintained thier "haven" for many years by playing both sides. In accomodating everyone they avoid harassment. This way the Swiss maintain a good system and live to fight another day. ??????????????????????????????????????? Greg Kucharo sophi@best.com "People want chaos for about 5 minutes. Then they want some money and a backrub." -Bruce Sterling ???????????????????????????????????????
"Greg Kucharo" <sophi@best.com> writes:
While Tim may be right that nobility is lost when backing down to the authorities, the fact is that this game has little to do with noble purposes. ...
Nor was there any activity from the authorities. A while back, when Vince first started advertizing his site, I asked him a few hypothetical questions, and he said roughly this: If client X posts something to Usenet from Vince's site, and if Y dislikes X's article so much that he mailbombs X, then Vince would pull X's plug. (I have the exact quote saved.) I lost interest right then. I'm not surprised that Vince acted dishonorably by pulling a client's plug with no warning for a very flimsy reason. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps
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