[47356] in Cypherpunks
RE: FW: Net Control is Thought Control
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (blanc)
Wed Jan 17 00:19:30 1996
From: blanc <blancw@accessone.com>
To: "'vznuri@netcom.com'" <vznuri@netcom.com>
Cc: "'cpunks'" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 21:20:37 -0800
From: Vladimir Z. Nuri
"how can you be so sure that the cypherpunks lists is really
what you think it is?"=20
'Cause I'm real, real smart.
"a bunch of people from around the country independently
interested in crypto?"=20
"An effete corp of impudent snobs who fancy themselves intellectuals."
(Spiro Agnew)
"an agent provacteur, or agent saboteur, could
create a vastly different perception regardless of the=20
input of other people."
It's true there are juveniles who occasionally disturb the list, but I =
expect that most members have a real interest in the subjects discussed =
and wish to bring out pithy points of truth & wisdom for all to behold, =
taking full credit for their contribution to the general atmosphere of =
learned intelligence.
People have to grow up from childhood, Nuri-logical, and even then it's =
possible to be mistaken & to be misled. But there is no substitute for =
work, for the work of thought, which is the only means any human being =
has to solve the problems of living as a conscious, sensitive being. =
The only way to deal with all of the problems you mentioned is to =
continue to work to solve them in the way which will be most =
satisfactory to moral creatures.
..
Blanc
