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Re: WiReD Magazine - Banned in Canada

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From: Jim Mercer
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 1994 05:43
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In article <1994Apr7.221855.2243@sizone.pci.on.ca>,
Steak? with Nutrasuc <root@sizone.pci.on.ca> wrote:
>Jim Mercer (jim@reptiles.org) wrote:
>: christians should respect muslims, american "democracy" should respect
>: canadian "democracy".  MS-DOS users should respect Mac users.
>
>This is a wild sci-fi story, Jim! The above may be possible, but the right
>to free speech remains.

this has nothing to do with restricting anyone's free speech.

it has to do with common courtesy.

>: it isn't possible, so the best i can do is ask them to have some common
>: courtesy, and respect the beliefs of others, even if those beliefs
>: radically differ from their own.
>
>What if the NSA managed to get encryption outlawed in the US somehow (a
>radical point, but bear with me) - then you posted a uuencoded PGP
>somewhere?

personally, i wouldn't resort to net.terrorism by placing PGP on systems
where i'd be risking someone else's equipment/livelyhood.
(but then sneaking a copy onto the NSA's machines would be poetic-justice).

-- 
[ Jim Mercer   Reptilian Research  merce@iguana.reptiles.org  +1 416 506-0654 ]
[   "... or you can become a road-kill on the information superhighway."      ]
[                                   -- Colin Mcgregor                         ]
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From: jim@reptiles.org (Jim Mercer)
Subject: Re: WiReD Magazine - Banned in Canada
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Organization: Reptilian Research, Toronto, Canada
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