For some reason, the list bounced this when Jim D. sent it, so this is an experiment. Davidson's words follow, then Declan's. JMR
Dear Friends,
Declan McCullagh asked me to forward his response, below, (not quoted so the stupid Lyris server won't bounce it) as he has either forgotten his e-gold list password or has subscribed from a forgotten address.
Gordon - I've already told Declan that the words you posted to the list were not your words, but were you quoting someone else - a friend at Pmmit.com.
To avoid having to change my list password again, I've copied the Seamail team separately.
Finally, on the substance of Declan's comments, I think his idea that the controversial sites aren't going to be hosted by Havenco is interesting. Spells "market opportunity" in my book. Somena Free Zone, Limon REAL, or Awdal Free Port if we can ever get NATO to stop threatening to bomb Somalia would be possible locations for these "in your face" sites. That is, until Sealand joins the nuclear club.
voice="Declan"
Thanks for copying me on this. Feel free to forward my reply to the list if only subscribers can post. (I think I'm on the list but via a different address.)
I don't know who wrote the original_message (apparently Gordon someone), and his thesis is quite muddled. But the best I can make out he's accusing me (or News.com, or both) of harboring bias against Sealand/Havenco, of participating in a smear campaign of some sort against it, of not conducting due diligence before publishing the article, and so on and so on.
All those allegations are untrue. I covered Havenco's existence since, literally, Day One (my article appeared the same day as the one in the NYT), and I've been following it off and on ever since. Ryan Lackey's allegations were interesting and newsworthy because he was a co-founder, and I spent a few hours talking with him last week. I gave Sealand and Havenco ample opportunity to reply.
What's noteworthy is that the Havenco/Sealand folks now expressly admit, as quoted in my article, that they will not host especially controversial content -- they explicitly say they'll abide by the general policies of other nations or something to that effect. That is far different than their original pledge, and is a substantial policy shift. (It was in email to me that I faithfully reproduced, so there's no chance of a misquote.)
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Regards,
Jim http://www.ezez.com/
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