Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 15:05:29 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Paul.Treanor" <Paul.Treanor-AT-inter.NL.net> Subject: M-TH: Re: Campaign for Internet Freedom The Campaign for Internet Freedom claims to "oppose all forms of censorship". This is a straightforward lie. CIF, like similar organisations, only opposes censorships by the state, or on behalf of the state. CIF does NOT oppose, for instance, racial exclusion in control and content, at virtual city projects, or at commercial ISP's. It does NOT oppose censorship, exclusion and restriction of texts by organisations with resepct to their members, or their freely chosen associates. In other words, the CIF position is primarily liberal, in the US usage Libertarian. In practice the "organisations" in modern economies are commercial, but it is not simply a question of money. It is absolutely hypocritical for an organisation which supports deliberate exclusion of material, texts, and links on political grounds to claim it is is a victim of political censorship. Paul Treanor --- from list marxism-thaxis-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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