On Tuesday 16 December 2003 2:09 pm, Colin Watson wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 01:34:03PM -0700, Wesley J Landaker wrote: > > On Tuesday 16 December 2003 1:08 pm, Joerg Rossdeutscher wrote: > > > A mailserver can harm _others_. > > > > I totally agree. Which is why I'm all for only allowing arbitrary > > entities to determine who can and can not run a mail server. What > > we need is more control, more censorship, more penalties, and less > > interference from subvertive terrorists who try to route their mail > > around the system. The only reason they have to be doing something > > like this would be if they had something to hide. I believe that > > their computers should be confiscated and their citizenship > > revoked.
> Let's turn this around: why should *I* be forced to accept mail > coming from a dynamic IP, when statistically such mail appears much > more likely to be spam or viruses? Who are you to tell me that I have > to accept such mail? In those satirical messages, I'm the guy who wants to take all freedom away from you. I want to take away your computer and your rights, including your right to filter e-mail. In those messages, you shouldn't like what I wrote or anything I said. If you agreed with any of it, then you've lost touch with how important freedom is. > It's a weak argument that requires a comparison to racism to be > heard, not to mention that it demeans the plight of those affected by > racism. Unfair or arbitrary discrimination in any form undermines freedom. -- Wesley J. Landaker - [EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP FP: 4135 2A3B 4726 ACC5 9094 0097 F0A9 8A4C 4CD6 E3D2
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