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To: alan@cymru.net (Alan Cox) Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 10:46:24 -0800 (PST) From: "Al Longyear" <longyear@netcom.com> Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu In-Reply-To: <199602071055.KAA02104@snowcrash.cymru.net> from "Alan Cox" at Feb 7, 96 10:55:18 am Alan Cox wrote: > > I can tollerate Alan's position and it wont really bother me. However, > > let's not go much further. It will only hurt all of us -- not just > > those in the U.S.A. since actions of one party are most always > > reciprocal. > > I'm just covering my backside and making sure stuff will still get out by > other channels. That is the reason why I said "it wont really bother me". I know that there are other channels to the code. If one site denies access however permits a mirror and the mirror does not deny access, I'll get it from the mirror. It does not bother me if it is one day old or not. Things are not that critical. (If they were, I would assume that you would post the patch via email. Either that or I would have fixed it myself. :) ) However, Alan, I still feel that you may have over-reacted about 'covering your backside' unless you plan to post pedophile graphics within your code. > I certainly don't want to get involved in silly games. My comments were more toward H. Peter Alvin's suggestion that this type of action should be done at more and more sites in an effort to attempt some form of political change within the U.S.A. That action always harmful to both ends. > The spreading of the net is there to break these barriers down, and > the breakdown of these barriers is the road to the future, > regardless of how hard Government's try to keep control of > 'borders'. I appreciate that. However, since each site is different and has control over its resources, the notion of a govermental control is not the issue. I ask for a little restraint. For if you don't exercise it then consider that the other sites in the world may share the same feelings toward you. It is childish and protectionistic attitude. > When you are 700ms from the UK to Belize the notion of borders breaks down. It is not that much longer from the U.S.A. to England. -- Al Longyear longyear@netcom.com longyear@sii.com Finger longyear@netcom.com for PGP public key.
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