[117588] in Cypherpunks
Re: "Posting Anonymously is the Sign of a Coward"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Mon Sep 6 18:52:14 1999
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 00:19:53 +0200 (CEST)
Message-Id: <199909062219.AAA09470@mail.replay.com>
From: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
To: mail2news@basement.replay.com, mail2news@nym.alias.net,
cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Anonymous <nobody@replay.com>
gburnore@databasix.com (Gary L. Burnore) wrote:
> >alt.privacy is for people concerned with the anonymity not with sending ft.meade their daily
> >scedule....
>
> If you were _REALLY concerned with your ability to post anonymously, you'd be
> concerned about those like the anonymous asshole who harass and defame
> without proof from a remailer. THEY are the ones the Government will use as
> examples as to why remailers should be outlawed.
IOW, we have to destroy the medium of anonymous posting to save it?
What I've seen no proof of is all these allegations that
"defamation" is so prevalent among anonymous posters. What solution
are you proposing that would eliminate this supposed menace to
modern civilization as we know it without stripping away our rights
in the process? Are you really asking Big Brother to step in and
protect clueless usenet newbies from being deceived by false
information posted to usenet?
If you follow the anti-remailer rhetoric, then traditonal ISPs
should be banned, too, since far more supposed "defamation"
originates from them. Isn't it far better to simply avoid that
which you know is going to offend you, rather than working yourself
into a lather trying to censor it?
