Re: Thanks for a thoughtful review
Michael Sims wrote:
>Mike Godwin wrote:
>
>[Cyberians unfamiliar with the situation should note that Godwin has
>engaged in a long-lasting smear campaign against people who oppose his
>support of PICS and censorware generally. Roughly, the background is that
>Godwin believes more private censorship will lead to less state
>censorship, a goal which of course he supports. My take is that building
>a privatized censorship infrastructure based on PICS will lead inevitably
>to state usage of that system for censorship, and thus I oppose PICS
>strenuously. Godwin, as I mentioned, has engaged in a campaign to smear
>people who believe differently, including lying about events that occurred
>on this mailing list. This message may be viewed as a spillover of that
>debate. Godwin doesn't wish to communicate directly with those he smears;
>thus the message to cyberia-l@listserv.aol.com vice jellicle@inch.com.]
>
As more than one person has pointed out, Michael Sims is a worthy succesor
to Seth.
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