> On Sun, 16 Sep 2001 21:23:56 -0700, Mike Roberts > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >At the time, going on three weeks ago, I had in mind something like > >US $100 from several thousand individuals who actually were willing > >to put their money where their mouth was about having a functioning > >At Large organization. > > > >Today, that idea is out the window, along with a lot of other > >populist notions about any old terrorist around the globe getting to > >vote on how to run the DNS. > > > >When civilization takes a step backward, as it did last week, it > >usually means a period in which the people with the guns make the > >decisions. Anyone watching the American President on tv in recent > >days knows that's where we're at. It may be a while before the > >luxury of debating what constitutes consensus in a terrorist-less > >society returns.
