Aaron Swartz - the real reason he was murdered

[John Newman]

On December 11, 2016 11:47:20 PM EST, Mirimir <mirimir at riseup.net> wrote:
>On 12/11/2016 09:21 PM, Shawn K. Quinn wrote:
>> On 12/11/2016 09:36 PM, Mirimir wrote:
>
><SNIP>
>
>>> But don't cypherpunks prototypically hate police surveillance?
>>>
>>> Sacrificing core values for convenience is unwise, no?
>> 
>> Widespread, mass, untargeted surveillance I have a real problem with.
>> The same with Fourth Amendment violations; nothing is Surveillance of
>a
>> dumping ground as I described, in response to resident complaints, is
>at
>> worst the lesser of two evils.
>> 
>> "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do
>> nothing." So are we going to just sit here and do nothing?
>
>I filter out what I don't want. Others do the same. I don't decide for
>others, and I want no one to decide for me.

I think that's the final word on cypherpunks moderation. 
It's a terrible idea actually - who do we give powers of moderation to? 
Much simpler to do as Mirimir has suggested and do your own 
filtering; it's trivial to setup, as you must know =)

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