[Moderately innocuous, self-justifying letter mostly deleted]

CyberAngels is about self-regulation. Let us not confuse the fight against internet crime with the criminalization of free speech. We propose the former not the latter.

Gabriel

************************************************************************* "All that is required for the triumph of evil is that good men and women remain silent and do nothing" (Edmund Burke)

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." (US First Amendment to the Constitution)

"Those who sacrifice security for freedom, will have neither" ***********************************************************************

It's this last sig-quote that bothers me. It's worth noting that, unlike the other two, it has no attribution. It looks like an inversion of Benjamin Franklin's: " They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Historical Review of Pennsylvania People usually put in their .sigs quotes they feel sum up their personal philiosophy. I guess soon we'll see 'Gabriel' give us some more words to live by; these may be right up his alley: "War is Peace" "Ignorance is Strength" "Freedom is Slavery" - Orwell, "1984" Gabriel's also misquoting Burke - the actual text is: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. " Peter Trei ptrei@acm.org