On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 10:23:07 -0600, Tim Killian
wrote:

We can joke about this but history has a precedent. Good ol' Joe Stalin
sent thousands of intellectuals to Siberia to "count birch trees" based
on their published writings before the revolution. Over the years many
Usenet posters used their real names and wrote some extremely
inflammatory stuff. Good luck to all in the coming storm.


Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 20:12:32 -0600, Tim Killian
wrote:


Google bought Deja-Vu's News Group servers when they went belly-up in
the dotcom bust. Otherwise all of those posts (.5 Tera byte) would have
been lost. Now they're all nicely preserved for some future tyrant who
will undoubtedly use them to persecute "enemies" of the state ;-)


Or for us Enemies of the State to presecute the tyrants.

Its indeed a two way street.

Gunner


I wasnt joking.

Gunner



"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner