Re: Cyphernomicon by Tim May

That question is one for Tim to answer, but I should point out that
philosophical anarchists are not necessarily opposed to rules, just
government rules -- which this moderation policy clearly is not.

-Declan


On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, Dale Thorn wrote:

> Toto wrote:
> > 3.5.1 Contrary to what people sometimes claim, there is no ruling
> >        clique of Cypherpunks. Anybody is free to do nearly anything,
> >        just not free to commit others to course of action, or claim
> >        to speak for the "Cypherpunks" as a group (and this last
> >        point is unenforceable except through reputation and social
> >        repercussions).
> > 3.6.3 "Why isn't the list moderated?"
> >       ...hardly consistent with many of our anarchist leanings, is it?
> >       - "No, please, let's not become a 'moderated' newsgroup. This
> >       would be the end of freedom!
> 
> Is this why T.C. May hasn't posted in quite a while?
> 
> 
>

On Sun, 2 Feb 1997, Declan McCullagh wrote:

>That question is one for Tim to answer, but I should point out that

TC May hasn't posted in a month or so. I miss his posts. Without
any official role he was the de facto moderator, mostly by example
but also by pointing out the core of the issues when things went
astray, for all those years. Did he mention going away for so long
in any of his latest posts? I remember 'for the holiday season'
but that is long gone. I hope he hasn't left the list for good,
being pissed off by Gilmore's choice of moderator(s) or some
such reason.

Asgaard