At 11:59 11/21/98 -0500, you wrote:
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.
So go complain to the law. And quit wasting my bandwidth lest I send you a bill. Payable in US $, that is.
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.
No attacks on anyone....
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.
Except, of course, right here... 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.
Say, Bob...a little free with the "our traditions of democracy" stuff aren't you? Considering you're a Canadian and I don't believe that Canada is a democracy, per se... Oh...and for the record, I'd consider calling someone a totalitarian despot an attack (not to mention redundant). Bug off, Kook. Spammers should be investigated by Ken Starr! Dean Robb PC-EASY computer services (757) 495-EASY [3279]