[[Reply-To: john.nieder@tigerteam.org]] -=> Quoting Hes@unity.ncsu.edu to John Nieder <=- He> John, He> I agree with much of what you say - but I wasn't aware that rec.guns He> was a political discussion group. I think that makes a difference. Well, no on at least a couple of counts: First, my original anger was piqued by the practice of killing _all_ traffic coming from remailers, even when the posts were NOT anonymous. I (and several other users who have written to me about this issue) would frequently send perfectly legitimate technical posts through remailers, with Reply-To: fields and sigs attached, because the remailers afforded more header flexibility or posting reliability. These messages were all snuffed, simply because they came through a remailer. That's pure BS. Secondly, a lot of folks do not feel easy about posting to ANY gun-related list or group because of employer, social or other prejudice to which they may be subjected. If a joe.victim@anti-gun.widget.com wants to use a simple remailer for putting a little shade on his participation, I don't feel it's anyone else's business; "caution is not cowardice and carelessness is not courage." More importantly, it's nobody else's _problem_ as long as the content of the post is not objectionable. Write this down: ====================================================================== _You have no more right to pass judgment on another's "need" for anonymity than Sarah Brady has a right to pass judgment on your "need" for a handgun. Both are private matters of individual self-defense._ ====================================================================== That's the important "value" issue here, irrespective of the technical ones. I am ashamed to see how many anti-anon RTKBA advocates can't see the obvious parallels. He> (By your statements you seem to feel that makes me, as well as our He> Moderator, to be anti-gun.) No, but maybe a bit parochial and in need of rethinking your definitions of self-defense and personal freedom. |%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%| | <john.nieder@tigerteam.org> * CP2A * PGP Key # E27937 on all servers | |-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=| |"If you love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude | | better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in | | peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the | | hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may | |posterity forget that ye were our countrymen." -- Samuel Adams, 1776| |=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-| |BOYCOTT: Pepsico <KFC - Taco Bell - Frito-Lay - Pepsi-Cola> & Gillette| |%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%| ---