Re: Re: [Tech] flaming ;-)

On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 03:01:07PM +0200, Alex R. Mosteo wrote:
> Matthew Toseland wrote:
> >Well, the point is: The alternative is that the only people who will
> >ever use freenet are:
> >a) Seriously dedicated libertarians like us, who consider the kiddy porn
> >to be a price worth paying, and
> >b) Psychos who don't care.
> 
> I have no further arguments than the ones presented by others, but for 
> the record I'm too against any censorship. C.p. and whatever are 
> problems to be dealt with in the real world. Internet is already full of 
> questionable content.

If it is possible to deal with them in the real world. Sometimes it
isn't. Usually the easiest way to trace these people is through the
internet.
> 
> What I think is that Freenet must be an attempt at the purest free 
> speech. The moment it has some censorship in place it will be worth no 
> more than any other politically correct project (just IMO, of course).

Other projects do not do any formal censorship except via lawsuits and
central blacklists. That is not what I am proposing here. I am proposing
that we assume that the network is illegal and let people decide for
themselves what should and should not be permitted. And if they have
irreconcilable differences then they can form separate darknets. Without
anyone not directly involved ever knowing their real world identities.
This is way superior to "we don't censor... unless the Church of
Scientology, Diebold, or anyone else, sends us a threatening letter",
which is the reality in "any other politically correct project".
-- 
Matthew J Toseland - toad-EI5O+8PHWbJeeLb3ft/[email protected]
Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/
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