Laws of mathematics, not of men

[Jim Choate]

On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Tim May wrote:

> Exactly so. This list, like so many other lists, is gradually moving 
> toward "public politics" and "the law" as the focus of many members.
> 
> The "public politics" part is obvious: discussions of boycotts of 
> Adobe, letter-writing campaigns to Washington, complaining about 
> Ashcroft and Feinstein and all of the other vermin, and hand-wringing 
> about the need for different laws.
> 
> The "law" part is about the above, and exhortations by the lawyers 
> here (5, by my count) about what one mustn't do, how courts will 
> react, the need to be scrupulously legal in all of one's actions, etc.
> 
> "Laws of mathematics, not men."
> 
> We risk becoming just a pale--a very, very pale!--imitation of the 
> Cyberia-L list.

Not while I'm around there ain't...

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