NODE 0e37fd0cRe: "Freedom Knights" are closet censors
Dave Hayes <dave@kachina.jetcafe.org>Thu, 14 Nov 1996 11:03:41 -0800 (PST)
> On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Dave Hayes wrote:
> > Sorry, that *is* the point. If you tell me you are going to disrupt
> > the list, I am not going to let you on the list...even though you
> > are easily ignored.
> And if Vulis shows Gilmore, though his actions, that he is going to
> disrupt cypherpunks, Vulis can be prevented from being on the list...even
> though he is easily ignored.
Ah, but that's after the fact of the invite.
> That's why neither of your actions is, in truth, "censorship."
Now you are starting to make some sense. So why did you write an
editor..er...article that focused on his "censorship"?
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Dave Hayes - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org
Freedom Knight of Usenet - http://www.jetcafe.org/~dave/usenet
Nasrudin loaded his donkey with wood for the fire and instead of sitting in
its saddle, sat astride one of the logs.
"Why don't you sit in the saddle?" someone asked.
"What? And add my weight to what the poor animal has to carry? My weight is
on the _wood_ and it is going to stay there."
NODE 59ab1b7bRe: "Freedom Knights" are closet censors
Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>Thu, 14 Nov 1996 11:09:50 -0800 (PST)
After the fact of the invite doesn't make a difference for the purpose of
our analysis.
I wrote about this (in a column, BTW) because it was an interesting story.
-Declan
On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Dave Hayes wrote:
> > On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Dave Hayes wrote:
> > > Sorry, that *is* the point. If you tell me you are going to disrupt
> > > the list, I am not going to let you on the list...even though you
> > > are easily ignored.
> > And if Vulis shows Gilmore, though his actions, that he is going to
> > disrupt cypherpunks, Vulis can be prevented from being on the list...even
> > though he is easily ignored.
>
> Ah, but that's after the fact of the invite.
>
> > That's why neither of your actions is, in truth, "censorship."
>
> Now you are starting to make some sense. So why did you write an
> editor..er...article that focused on his "censorship"?
> ------
> Dave Hayes - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org
> Freedom Knight of Usenet - http://www.jetcafe.org/~dave/usenet
>
> Nasrudin loaded his donkey with wood for the fire and instead of sitting in
> its saddle, sat astride one of the logs.
> "Why don't you sit in the saddle?" someone asked.
> "What? And add my weight to what the poor animal has to carry? My weight is
> on the _wood_ and it is going to stay there."
>