Subj : Reality Check!
To   : MICHIEL VAN DER VLIST
From : PETER BRADIE
Date : Sun Oct 27 2002 09:11 pm

MD> Hello Rachel,

MD>  MvdV>> Strange however how the percievement of what constitutes
MD>  MvdV>> dictatorship can be one hundred percent the opposite across
MD>  MvdV>> the pond.

MD>  RV> It's simple enough: "dictatorship" exists when would-be
MD>  RV> FidoGods refuse  to allow people the freedom to make
MD>  RV> choices for themselves.

MD> No, it is not that simple. You allow them to create their own echo and 
choose
MD> which one they want to participate in.

MD> But that's not what they want. They do not want to create an echo for each
MD> dissident group. They want echos to be neatly ordered by topic and they do 
not
MD> want echos to duplicate topics. If a moderator does not behave, they want 
to
MD> sack him/her instead of being forced to create yet another echo.

MD> That's what they want.

MD> But you do not alllow that because the FidoGod moderators /own/ the echos.

MD> In my book /that/ is dictatorship.

Do you have any concept of intellectual property?  Or dictatorship?

If you are forced to participate in an echo, that's dictatorship.  If you are 
prohibited from leaving an echo and starting one of your own in competition, 
that's dictatorship.  That's also a monopoly, but you don't appear to have a 
grasp of economic theory any better than your grasp of political theory.  

If you want the right to take away the intellectual property of the person 
who started the echo, that's sanctioned theft.

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