NODE e1523f8dRe: Remailers/PayPhones and Today's NYT
"George A. Gleason" <gg@well.sf.ca.us>Sat, 24 Jul 93 02:27:14 PDT
How about a valid debate being over **how** to best provide universal
service in this day & age of red-lining? Interesting to note that when the
private entrepreneurs open up U.S. versions of the traditional European
"Call Offices," (rows of payphones with a window clerk or other attendant to
help provide service & security), all of a sudden a chorus of voices go up,
"OH NO, the Dope Dealers will use these things!" Well, one excuse or
another, same old racist BS either way. The right to anonymity has got to
be universal, and the right to access has got to be universal, or these
things become mere privileges which can be taken away on a whim.
-gg
NODE ee1c8de0Re: Remailers/PayPhones and Today's NYT
khijol!erc@apple.com (Ed Carp)Sun, 25 Jul 93 12:53:17 PDT
> help provide service & security), all of a sudden a chorus of voices go up,
> "OH NO, the Dope Dealers will use these things!" Well, one excuse or
> another, same old racist BS either way. The right to anonymity has got to
Why is everything a "racist" issue? I seriously doubt that everything can be
traced back to racism, overt or otherwise. Most things, however, can be
traced back to simple economics, disguised as racism, fear of crime, or other
"causes".
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Ed Carp erc@apple.com 510/659-9560
If you want magic, let go of your armor. Magic is so much stronger than
steel! -- Richard Bach, "The Bridge Across Forever"