18 Aug
2003
18 Aug
'03
10:24 a.m.
On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Scott McGrath wrote:
Remember when you go to a library to study rare manuscripts you generally need to prove to the curator that you have a legitimate scholarly interest in the documents not simply random curiousity.
That's because those old manuscripts are fragile, not because they think the information should stay secret. If you want to live in a world where this type of information needs to be hidden, go ahead and finish your totalitarian state. The US isn't far off anyway. Paul