Censorship is the Last Domain of Tyrants
There is no greater threat to freedom than censorship that pretends to be randomized or accidental.
The internet is a wonky, unstable, place filled with wires and tubes and fragile connections.
To get rid of a book, you have to burn it in the public square. To erase a file or a blog entry, you only need to touch a mouse and click.
What sort of protections do we demand in the electronic frontier to protect intentional censorship that pretends to be nonassignable and randomized?
How will those who follow us in antiquity know the history of the record when the record is so easy to edit, change, manipulate and enforce the meandering and mushy will of the fleeting people?
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The best way to shut people down is to remove their argument. Pretty effective.
We must protect the record even if the record changes. The change in the record is what makes the record interesting.
We have to backup our work, post replies, argue against the tyrant wind of censorship and make our place solid in the world with a mound of undeniable evidence of our proof-of-life.
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