At 10:31 AM 2/14/97 -0800, you wrote: <snip>

Having been "on" the net for over 15 years -- and with experience in both ends of the censorship/moderation problem (I'm probably the only Cypherpunks member to have had a book "banned in Boston"), I'm sorry that a handful of sociopaths managed to destroy this experiment in anarchy, but I suspect that this was inevitable.

Martin Minow minow@apple.com

For the FWIW dept: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Hmm...yes I agree. Handful of sociopaths. Inevitable? Perhaps. On one hand anarchy, on the other control. Free-wheeling vs. stifling. Complete free speech vs. censorship. Oh, sure. You can always say that one is more "right" than the other. But I believe everyone sees the validity of both sides...whether you agree with them is another thing. So, we seem stuck between the two. And yet, they say there is always a third option. We just need some time to pull away and see it. This "experiment in anarchy" may be coming to an end. But I like your choice of words: "experiment." We've learned a great deal through this one. Perhaps next time we'll structure things differently. Who knows? Long after the last packet leaves cyhperpunks@toad.com, the spirit, the ideas and ideals will remain. Take good care, Michael Ehling mehling@ibm.net