ORBS: Another Vigilante Group
Bob Allisat
bob at fcn.net
Sat Nov 21 16:59:39 UTC 1998
Larry writes:
> You are wrong, these people *are* elected. They are elected by
> the millions of users who do not want spam. The answer is simple
> but for some reason you refuse to see it. I would gladly grant
> all necessary authority to my ISP to act in any way that benefits
> me and my wishes.
Nonsense. Democratic forums are
open, transparent, accountable,
feature regular elections, laws,
constitutions and so on. There
are no such institutions on the
net. There are technically capable
but otherwise unsophisticated
lads running around pretending
they are the law. They aren't.
Larry continues:
> As for your characterization of Paul Vixie, I have only this to
> say. There's an old saying in the legal community that goes like
> this: "If the law is on your side, argue the law. If the facts
> are on your side, argue the facts. But if neither the law *or*
> the facts are on your side, then assassinate the character of
> your opponents".
>
> It seems pretty clear to me that your only recourse is to assault
> those people who would work in the interests of the greater good
> of the users of the Internet, or, more to the point, who would
> disagree with you. On the surface, you appear to be quite the
> hypocrite, attacking others for allegedly...attacking others.
In a civil forum I have drawn
into question the activities of
persons acting in what I believe
to be unethical and unscrupulous
manners. I have attacked no-one
and interfered with no person's
civil liberties, rights and/or
freedoms. Whereas Mr. Vixie
regularly trades in the violation
of these rights. With nothing more
to back him up but technical
know-how and a gang of fellow
geekthugs. A very unfortunate
situation I suspect time will
alter to a conclusion more in
line with our traditons or
democracy than with Vixie et
al's propensity to totalitarian
despotism.
Respectfully,
Bob Allisat
Free Community Network _ bob at fcn.net . http://fcn.net
http://fcn.net/allisat _ http://fcn.net/draft
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