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> Nonsense. Democratic forums are > open, transparent, accountable, > feature regular elections, laws, > constitutions and so on. There > are no such institutions on the I don't think anyone ever claimed the RBL is a democratic institution. Though this should go without saying, it certainly is not. Still, what it does, it does well, and I truly appreciate its existence. I think the only real freedom with regards to the RBL is the freedom of choice: Upstreams are not *required* to subscribe to it, and customers are not *required* to obtain service from RBL-ized upstreams. > net. There are technically capable > but otherwise unsophisticated > lads running around pretending > they are the law. They aren't. I think not. > manners. I have attacked no-one ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Very cute. See above. > regularly trades in the violation > of these rights. With nothing more > to back him up but technical > know-how and a gang of fellow > geekthugs. A very unfortunate > situation I suspect time will > alter to a conclusion more in > line with our traditons or > democracy than with Vixie et > al's propensity to totalitarian > despotism. I sure hope it does not change as such. Then again, I don't consider it to be an unfortunate situation. The only unfortunate situation is that you are a k00k who types with a 40-column terminal, fails to function on a rational manner, and tries to protect freedoms that are not violated in the first place. Gee, this is getting boring and non-operational. Where are those backhoes and gophers when we need them? 8-)
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