re: Fight-Censorship Dispatch #12: CDA deathwatch, copyright update

In "Fight-Censorship Dispatch #12", Declan McCullagh writes about
"everybody's favorite net.loon," Fred Cherry:

>Whatever you think of Cherry's antics, you gotta grant him one thing
> not many people have the balls to demand that a Federal court uphold
> their right to flame.

I suspect that Tom Payne would -- Cherry seems from your description
to be a prize example of "the lonely pamphleteer."

It would be interesting to know what Nat Hentoff thinks of Fred.

Martin Minow
minow@apple.com

Fred Cherry is a prize example of your lonely pamphleteer, though he's one
who's just plain wacky. 

Note that calling someone wacky or a loon does not equate to saying they
should be silenced. I've said many times that Cherry should not be muzzled
on Usenet.

-Declan

For more info on Fred Cherry and his lawsuit, check out my 
#5 fight-censorship dispatch at:
  http://fight-censorship.dementia.org/dl?num=2115


On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Martin Minow wrote:

> Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 11:16:49 -0700
> From: Martin Minow <minow@apple.com>
> To: declan@well.com
> Cc: minow@apple.com, cypherpunks@toad.com
> Subject: re: Fight-Censorship Dispatch #12: CDA deathwatch, copyright update
> 
> In "Fight-Censorship Dispatch #12", Declan McCullagh writes about
> "everybody's favorite net.loon," Fred Cherry:
> 
> >Whatever you think of Cherry's antics, you gotta grant him one thing
> > not many people have the balls to demand that a Federal court uphold
> > their right to flame.
> 
> I suspect that Tom Payne would -- Cherry seems from your description
> to be a prize example of "the lonely pamphleteer."
> 
> It would be interesting to know what Nat Hentoff thinks of Fred.
> 
> Martin Minow
> minow@apple.com
> 
> 
> 
>