Re: Crazy idea: How trust in darknets enables secure democratic censorship

On Wed, Jul 13, 2005 at 11:08:25AM +0100, Ian Clarke wrote:
> What a terrible idea.  Censorship by majority is still censorship.

Personally I've always taken the view that censorship is not evil in and
of itself, but that the powerful must not be allowed to wield it to
suppress criticism of themselves. The proposal puts the power of
censorship back in the hands of the majority (in a given community),
lets people who don't like the community's standards go elsewhere (en
bloc), and creates an effective deterrent.
> 
> Ian.
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