Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sccsi.com!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Anarchy (Re: Fool) Message-ID: Date: 9 Nov 90 13:56:23 GMT References: <18667@rpp386.cactus.org> <1990Nov2.191240.4568@lavaca.uh.edu> <18684@rpp386.cactus.org> <1990Nov3.193714.4223@lavaca.uh.edu> <1990Nov4.031734.19127@com50.c2s.mn.org> <284@crucible.UUCP> <1990Nov6.030346.11113@com50.c2s.mn.org> <288@crucible.UUCP> <1990No Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 9 In article <1990Nov8.133951.7304@com50.c2s.mn.org> craig@com50.c2s.mn.org (Craig Wilson) writes: > The Usenet is NOT an anarchy. No matter how many times you click your heels > and say it, the Usenet is not an anarchy. The alt.* network comes closer to > being an anarchy, but even there, there are guidelines being formulated and > "enforced". Anarchy does *not* mean "no rules". Anarchy means "no ruler". Nobody on Usenet has any authority over the subject matter or group naming conventions outside their own local area. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com