Nothing like jumping into the middle with one's first posting... Denizens of the nets have to realize that there are some extreme social deviates out here who go beyond sodomy, go beyond working for the FDA, go beyond rape as an instrumentality of war, go beyond voting and actually believe that adverting is an ennobling human activity. Think about it. Poor Michael in the last few episodes of "Thirtysomething" suffering existential angst because he was great at advertising but considered it an unworthy occupation for a man. If he'd only known that advertising=mass markets=low prices=wealth beyond the dreams of ancient Kings. Lack of advertising=Moscow before 1990. If we have to accept your deviations (voting for the short fascist with the bad haircut and the funny ears par example) you have to accept ours. We can live with each other without too much trouble. Duncan Frissell **************************************************************************** * * * * * YOUR AD HERE * * * * * **************************************************************************** PS - If you post a message about the existence and availability of PGP, you are *ADVERTISING*. Naughty, naughty, naughty.
'scuse me if i'm failing to recognize sarcasm ... you can think what you like, but the fact remains that the cypherpunks list was created with a specific set of topics in mind. people subscribe to the list to discuss those specific topics. there is plenty of room in cyberspace for discussions of any sort you like, including the merits of advertising. but not here. ok? peter
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