On Mon, 16 Dec 1996 brin@cts.com (d.brin) Wrote:
>Utter sophistry! [...] philosophical arm-wavings [...]
>paranoid little boys [...] drivel [...] liars [...]
>secrecy-fetishists [...] I don't give a flying %^&$%^ [...]
>profound naivete [...] ignorance [...] SHUT UP!
It seems that Mr. Brin is remarkably thin skinned, even my gentile ribbing
enraged him, as I said before, I've never seen anger like this when one is
able to make a coherent argument in a debate, and I've been in a few.
Mr. Brin can dish it out but he can't take it.
This will just be a short post as there is very little substance to respond
to. It's a pity you're limited by ASCII, capital letters just aren't good
enough, perhaps if you could write your insults in a larger typeface your
argument for a "Transparent Society" would be more logical.
>I have never seen such profound naivete, or ignorance of how
>gestapos work. [...] The KGB would have you in minutes.
Apparently you have person experience in this matter. Which side of the
interrogation table were you on?
>PUT UP OR SHUT UP! TELL ME WHEN AND WHERE IN HUMAN HISTORY
>THAT MASKS WORN BY LITTLE GUYS EVER ACCOMPLISHED SQUAT TO
>PREVENT BIG GUYS WITH SWORDS FROM TAKING OVER!
Shouting never saved a single Jew in Nazi Germany, phony ID cards did.
>please leave me alone until you can back up this AynRand
>libertarian drivel with even a single example.
Libertarians are quite willing to leave you alone, all we ask is that you
return the courtesy.
John K Clark johnkc@well.com
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