[46911] in Cypherpunks
Re: When they came for the Jews...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Duncan Frissell)
Wed Jan 10 13:43:39 1996
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 13:21:40 -0500
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
At 12:22 PM 1/10/96 -0500, Futplex wrote:
>No big surprise to see these folks come out against free speech in a new
>medium. Too bad they're utterly blind to the lessons of the history they've
>documented so well.
>
>Futplex <futplex@pseudonym.com>
Just part of the ongoing conflict between Anglo-Saxon values and European
values. Runnymede vs Canossa. TCP/IP vs X.25. Some think that one should
bow to authority others think that authority should bow to them.
DCF
"Canossa -- In Germany, HENRY IV joined the antireform party and was
excommunicated (1076) by Pope Gregory VII. Losing support, Henry humbled
himself before Gregory at Canossa."
