CDR: Re: Ralph Nader sends privacy survey to Bush and Gore campaigns

[petro]

>On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>>  At 23:38 10/9/2000 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote:
>>  >I seem to remember Etzioni being tied into the Communitarian
>>  >movement as well.
>>
>>  Right. In fact, that's an understatement.
>>
>>  He's essentially the anti-cypherpunk: Regulate corporations' data
>>  collection practices strictly, but don't regulate the governments'
>>  practices.
>>
>>  -Declan
>
>Could someone cogently explain the difference between communitarians
>and communists?

	Can anyone cogently explain the difference between the color 
violet and the color purple? (Or maybe one should say the color 
"rose" and "red").

>
>I get the impression that communitarians were sort of a communist/fascist
>hybrid, but I'm sure someone has a more elegant explanation.

	I get the same impression--They seem like National (as 
opposed to International) Socialists.
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