In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (on 1 March 2003 07:27:05 -0800),
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Perkel) wrote:
>
>Dear Razor-Users Mailing List Members,
>I would like to apologize for the posting yesterday regarding EFF's
>response to Adam Goryachev, a member of this list.  Those comments were
>made as part of an internal discussion on what EFF's official stance on
>spam and being censored by Razor should be.  They were completely
>inappropriate for dissemination outside of an internal EFF list, and we're
>very sorry for the insensitive way our reaction was portrayed.

Thank you. I'm happy to hear that John Gilmore does not speak for EFF on
this matter.

>Marc Perkel is EFF's systems administrator, and he cares very much about how 
>technical solutions to filtering are developed.

Entirely understandable; the discussion would not have gotten as emotional
as it has (that being a major reason why I've generally stayed out of it) if
this were not true for many - most - people on here.

>Please understand that, as a free speech organization, EFF staff and board
>members are particularly sensitive to solutions that shut down desired
>messages.  We're frustrated that EFFector has been filtered, and we're even
>more frustrated when it is implied that it is our own fault.  But we are
>much more interested in getting this problem solved than in hurling
>insults.

I trust - hope - this is true of everyone involved. If we're too busy
fighting each other, those who are against freedom of speech - including
against the freedom not to listen (important not only as a right in and of
itself, but in order to be able to _receive wanted speech_), namely spammers
- will win.

  -Allen

-- 
Allen Smith                       http://cesario.rutgers.edu/easmith/
February 1, 2003                               Space Shuttle Columbia
Ad Astra Per Aspera                     To The Stars Through Asperity


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