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Highlights of "My First Flame", an article by John Seabrook in the 6/6/94 _New Yorker_ which explains why we need a benevolent government to help regulate the internet (a very sophisticated piece of propaganda, IMHO): Would it be a waste of time to emil this buffoon and put him right? Or bypass him and mail the New Dworkin directly? Anyone got the fax no? G
Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 6-Jun-94 Re: 6/6 New Yorker anti-cry.. by Graham Toal@an-teallach. > Would it be a waste of time to emil this buffoon and put him right? Or > bypass him and mail the New Dworkin directly? Anyone got the fax no? This buffoon, BTW, is the article's author. Do not flame him! This will serve only to justify his ideas. If, however, you sent him a polite, well reasoned debate, it would probably do a world of good. Also, if you present views that are "too radical," he will most likely discount you as a kook and thus ignore all of your arguments and associate them with some dangerous revolutionary movement. This is a bad thing. Jer darklord@cmu.edu | "it's not a matter of rights / it's just a matter of war finger me for my | don't have a reason to fight / they never had one before" Geek Code and | -Ministry, "Hero" PGP public key | http://www.cs.cmu.edu:8001/afs/andrew.cmu.edu/usr25/jbde/