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To: Tulvio Durand who wrote (19042)11/6/1998 3:06:00 PM
From: nihil  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 77397
 
RE: free speech

SI and other unmoderated news groups are (near) perfect realizations of Milton's Areopagitica:

"Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do ingloriously, by licensing and prohibitions, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple: who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter."

Of course, John never had the opportunity to fight MSFT operating systems.



To: Tulvio Durand who wrote (19042)11/7/1998 12:49:00 AM
From: jach  Respond to of 77397
 
<Even jach's tiresome spam posts sometimes contain interesting stuff along with the incivilities>

To make the record straight, all the incivilities were started by others including you. It's commonly known since the beginning of time as "a small bunch of hypocrites".


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