From: Randall Randall (wolfkin@freedomspace.net)
Date: Mon Mar 01 1999 - 00:32:01 MST
I've lately thought that on Mon, 01 Mar 1999, Timothy Bates wrote:
>More good news, the people advertising for help killing doctors providing
>abortions have been nailed (Nuremberg Files was the site that posted the
>names, phone numbers, and home addresses of abortion doctors, and then
>struck out their names as they were murdered one by one).
>
>What is the extropian position on these two? We no doubt all agree about
>free crypto, and certainly I am glad the Nuremberg decision happened this
>way. They are perfect example of first-use force hiding behind free speech.
>These anti own-body control memes retard the rate at which we get to
>transcend ourselves
They weren't using force at all, IIUC, first or otherwise. While it is
true that some of the people they listed were killed, I think it extremely
unlikely that the killers did it *because* they saw this on the internet
(if they even did).
I think it is good that they stopped, but bad that they *were* stopped,
if you get my meaning. :( Unless specified otherwise in individual
contract, I'd want *any* free speech allowed, even "Fire!" in a crowded
theater... Of course, this would always be covered by contract...
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