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Dr. Dimitri Vulis dlv at bwalk.dm.com
Wed Jan 3 01:15:44 PST 1996


David Mandl <dmandl at bear.com> writes:
> The number of people who drank booze when Prohibition began dwarfs the
> number of people who want access to "controlled" information on the
> net today.  Most people still don't even understand what the net is.
> They're two completely different situations.  Also, the powers that be
> have much better reasons for killing the net than they had for banning
> booze.

Also, the powers that be could have wiped out bootlegging if they really
wanted to -- by draconian means.  Corrupt politicians at various levels chose
to let the laws be violated and to accept the bribes.

There's much less money involved in the distribution of "undesirable"
information.

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Dr. Dimitri Vulis
Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps






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