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Re: [WAS xs4all.nl] Terrorists

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jon Lebkowsky)
Mon Sep 9 08:06:10 1996

Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 06:50:15 -0500
To: Stephan Schmidt <schmidt@pin.de>,
        "<pstira@escape.com>" <pstira@escape.com>
From: Jon Lebkowsky <jonl@well.com>
Cc: Gary Howland <gary@systemics.com>, "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>,
        tank <tank@xs4all.nl>, cypherpunks@toad.com

At 11:01 AM 9/9/96 +0200, Stephan Schmidt wrote:

>One thought : How many of you would support terrorist
>web server (say Oklahoma, TWA, Iran, Lybia, RAF, IRA, ...) ?

I.e. "How many of you support the right to free speech regardless of content."

Wellll...there is the rule about speech which endangers; "fire in a crowded
theatre" is the cliche-example. What could a terrorist SAY that would
endanger? Personally, I'd rather have terrorists building html than bombs.

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