[9683] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Some Thoughts on The National Science Board
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Hughes)
Sun Jan 16 15:06:15 1994
From: dave@oldcolo.com (Dave Hughes)
To: cook@path.net (Gordon Cook)
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 1994 12:22:52 -0700 (MST)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com (compriv)
In-Reply-To: <9401161032.aa06670@pandora.sf.ca.us> from "Gordon Cook" at Jan 16, 94 10:32:23 am
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> Hans Werner says: Gee, Gordon, is there anyone on earth who's integrity you
Oh don't worry Gordon. Nothing new here. A perfect echo of the trouble
the French Aristocracy had with the street folks questioning them
during the French Revolution.
Only difference is, that while we don't have kings and counts anymore,
we *do* have an Electronic Aristocracy which has a little trouble
with this messy thing called electronic democracy and free speech.
And civilization must have advanced some. For no one has to fear the
guillotine. Just the CIX or ANS routing tables, or the Fido Node Lists.
Keep at it. The issue is accountability. And so long as *anyone* serves
officially related to spending tax dollars, they are, and should be,
subject to scrutiny by any taxpayer, online or off. The only thing
that has kept us relatively free is skepticism, and not a little
mistrust of government at every level, and all those officially
associated with them, and the decision-making system they are part
of.
