Public choice theory and the politics of antitrust (fwd)

Wed Jan 14 20:21:56 PST 1998

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In <199801150310.VAA03430 at einstein.ssz.com>, on 01/14/98 
   at 09:10 PM, Jim Choate <ravage at ssz.com> said:

>Forwarded message:

>> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 18:28:50 -0800
>> From: Tim May <tcmay at got.net>
>> Subject: Re: Public choice theory and the politics of antitrust

>> I think, Declan, that deleting the author's name is a Big Problem.

>> You have essentially made this author "Anonymous."

>Does knowing the name of who wrote a piece really have any bearing on the
>consistency of it? Is so then there would be a clear indication that
>there is a fundamental flaw with anonymous remailers and their place in
>society.

Of course there is bearing on who the author is. This is the foundation
behind reputation capital.

The existance of reputation capital does not present any flaws on
anonymous remailers, their documents are just devoid of any such capital
(positive or negative).

Do we really need a rehash of this?

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