> Just as I had begun to feel some sympathy for David Stokes, he > managed to dissipate it at a stroke.
Damn it, if only I'd known. To the rest I've no real idea what you are talking about (not because of the exotic vocabulary). I think you've gone off at rather a tangent from the points I was making and I tend anyway to simply turn off when I hear the words "conspiracy theory". However in a subtle and unexpected sort of way you are just maybe confirming what I was in fact saying. The Internet involves a vast range of different interests and agendas. That's why I suggested one should explain clearly what one means when referring to issues such as alleged "abuse". That was pretty much it really, other than the rather pointless discussions about how it would all have been better with or without... BTW, thanks guys for the surprising number of more positive of-list communications. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von John Gilmore Gesendet: Donnerstag, 26. Juli 2012 14:45 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: Gordon Crovitz: Who Really Invented the Internet? Just as I had begun to feel some sympathy for David Stokes, he managed to dissipate it at a stroke. Just what does <begin extract> The question was not which exact organisation decides such things, but rather whose particular political orientation will be asserting itself in such decisions, and how will they be implemented in practice. </end extract> mean operationally? In another context Paul Krugman recently reminded us that conspiracy theories are dispensable, likely to be misleading, in the many situations in which stupidity provides an adequate explanation of what is going on. Whatever else the Internet may be, its evolution reflects a congeries of diverse, finally irreconcilable ideologies and business interests; and no simple dietrologia is likely to be very helpful in explaining it. These things said, Mr Stokes HAS been the target of too much ad hominem criticism. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
