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@fcn.net . http://fcn.net http://fcn.net/allisat _ http://fcn.net/draft