[46204] in Cypherpunks
Re: For the New Year: A Symbol for Information Freedom
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Horowitz)
Sun Dec 31 23:47:38 1995
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 23:39:00 -0500 (EST)
From: Alan Horowitz <alanh@infi.net>
To: groundfog@alpha.c2.org
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199601010311.WAA12624@mail.FOUR.net>
I don't agree that the market is different than the people.
And I hope that Information Freedom doesn't become as trivialized,
trendy, and the property of dilletantes as the red-ribbon AIDS shtick.
There is a danger to holding up the AIDS hullabaloo as a role model. To
wit, the AIDS activists have committed themselves to a lie - that AIDS is
an epidemic, a generalized threat to society. They are riding a tiger by
the tail, for when the actual facts seep into the consciousness of the
unwashed masses - which might never really happen, given the reality of
our "whoever puts out their press release first, gets awarded the
Conventional Wisdom seal-of-approval" journalism - then the
AIDS-industrial complex is going to be in trouble.
So, on with the paperclips - only, let's make sure that no Hollywood
celebrities are allowed to participate. It's the kiss of death....
Alan Horowitz
alanh@infi.net
