My interpretation is that he's saying Satoshi wouldn't be welcome to return as Satoshi, because whatever he did/said would inevitably end up being treated with authority, which shouldn't be the case.
On Tuesday, August 18, 2015, Warren Togami Jr. via bitcoin-dev < bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote: > I honestly don't understand your position, but I get the sense that you > are suggesting Satoshi wouldn't be welcome to return if he wanted to be > active in development again? > > Warren > On Aug 17, 2015 1:38 PM, "Oliver Egginger" <bitc...@olivere.de > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','bitc...@olivere.de');>> wrote: > >> Am 17.08.2015 um 21:03 schrieb Warren Togami Jr.: >> > This bitcoin-dev list restarted with an empty subscriber list on June >> > 21st, 2015. So whoever posted from sato...@vistomail.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sato...@vistomail.com');> >> > <mailto:sato...@vistomail.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','sato...@vistomail.com');>> subscribed and >> verified the address >> > recently. Do you propose that we manually approve new subscribers to >> > prevent these kind of "abuses" as you put it? >> >> I would simply block the creators old email addresses. Easy with >> Mailman. I thought that would be a good and easy approach, but maybe I'm >> wrong. >> >> Some believes it is possible that the email could be genuine. Some say >> that only the content is important. I have closely followed. An >> interesting discussion. Thank you all so far. >> >> But let's say the poster would be the real Satoshi. Would we discuss his >> posting if he would not claim to be Satoshi? There are a lot of smart >> people on this list, which publish occasionally quite useful ideas. But >> much of this is hardly the subject of greater discussion. Especially not >> when it comes to the blocksize. On this subject almost everything has >> been already said. But not yet by everyone. Especially not by Satoshi. >> >> Satoshi would have a decisive influence on the community. I'm sure. To >> say it does not matter who's talking is maybe genteelly but a little bit >> remote from everyday life. Or not? Satoshi is the creator. What he says >> is in the newspaper and is perceived by all. If he says it's okay to do >> nothing as long as we stand together, then people have the courage to do >> maybe something dangerous or something wrong. Then people only follow >> their hearts. Otherwise they follow their fear. It is a paradox of the >> human nature that some type of Dictatorship can make you free. I say >> some type, not any type. Enough said. >> >> - oliver >> >>
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