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From: curt@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Anarchy (Re: Fool)
Message-ID: <yLFVs4w163w@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca>
Date: 19 Nov 90 06:52:21 GMT
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craig@com50.c2s.mn.org (Craig Wilson) writes:

> In article <8Pqis5w163w@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca> curt@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca (Curt Sam
>
> >The usenet is basically a bunch of people who have come to some sort
> >of consensus about how to act and regulate themselves accordingly,
> >without any central authority.  What would you call this if not an
> >anarchy?
> 
> I still contend that there is centralized authority in some things.

Oh?  How about some examples of this centralised authority?  There is
on the internet, but I have yet to see any on the usenet.

> I wouldn't be able to call the Usenet any one word....
> That is why I feel that arbitrarily attempting
> to categorize it in old terms is not fair.

I'm not trying to define usenet in a word.  "Anarchy" is one of many
adjectives that can describe usenet.

cjs

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