Re: On Needing Killing (Orwell was an optimist)

2004-04-12 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 07:20 PM 4/11/04 +, Justin wrote: >Major Variola (ret) (2004-04-11 16:42Z) wrote: > >> Blacknet is a robust archive for words, immune to force >> (by State or private actors), but merely words. > >With all due respect to the principle of freedom of speech and all that, >I think that cypherpu

Re: On Needing Killing

2004-04-11 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:38 AM 4/11/04 -0400, An Metet wrote: >> And the responsibles need killing. > >No, they don't. > >There are two alternative solutions to the problem of restrictions on >information flow, or more generally restrictions on any sort of voluntary >and cooperative activity. One is to use force to

Re: On Needing Killing

2004-04-11 Thread Riad S. Wahby
An Metet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This stuff should be Cypherpunks 101. ...along with Assassination Politics. I've always taken "X needs killing" to be a statement to the effect that same had earned himself an AP-style contract, if only such a thing existed. While your point is good, inasmuc

On Needing Killing

2004-04-11 Thread An Metet
Major Variola writes: > I don't know about your anecdote, but Mr. May's original point > was that the law *requires* companies to forget. Which is > of course an illegitimate intrusion of the state into private affairs. > > And the responsibles need killing. No, they don't. There are two altern

HST on needing killing

2000-11-21 Thread Anonymous
Well, we talked for a while, and by that time Hoppe knew it was a joke. I said, "Have times changed? Ive threatened to drag people around Washington by their nuts behind Oldsmobiles at a hundred miles an hour. Ive advocated the slaughter of all politicians. What are the guidelines now?"