-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Someone wrote:
>The actual meaning, less succintly phrased, is that those who define >themselves by their position in a hierarchical organizational chart cannot >conceive of a social structure (such as a discussion group) which is without a >leader. The "cypherpunks movement" fnord and all that. >(If there is a "cp movement", it is the raising of the middle finger >above the closed fist, in the direction of oppression.) Well put, actually. But don't forget, human beings didn't evolve from cats, we evolved from apes. Our ape nature peeks out in spite of the best of intentions in all social interactions, even here. The true greatness of the Constution as envisioned by the Founders is that it aims for something better than the law of the Yukon. The fact that it hasn't worked out as well as it might is a testament to just how strong our ape legacy is: the weak and stupid are at the mercy of the strong and cunning and always will be. Here there and everywhere, from anarchy to democracy to totalitarian state, like it or not. Read some Schopenhauer... ~~Faustine. *** He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself. - --Thomas Paine -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPsdk version 1.7.1 (C) 1997-1999 Network Associates, Inc. and its affiliated companies. (Diffie-Helman/DSS-only version) iQA/AwUBPLXH8/g5Tuca7bfvEQIr7QCgpbGQqW3Gvas8Qld4Jqi52OGqLF8An3H1 1VQktn/Dy0CYXKgsBSrSkCnH =DmNZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
