Date sent: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 02:55:05 -0600 To: Robert Horvitz , mf@MediaFilter.org (MediaFilter) From: John Perry Barlow Subject: Re: nettime: ISP shuts Berserkistan Copies to: nettime-l@Desk.nl At 10:00 PM -0600 6/20/96, MediaFilter wrote: >>Comments: Authenticated sender is >>From: "Robert Horvitz" >>Organization: OSI Internet Program >>To: mf@mediafilter.org, tylevin@phoenix.Princeton.edu, >>keenan@phoenix.Princeton.edu >>Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:36:00 +1GMT >>Subject: ISP shuts Berserkistan >>Reply-to: horvitzr@omri.cz >>Priority: normal >>X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.31) > >To network administrators: > >Because of the conditions revealed below, an initiative has begun to >filter out all incoming connections from Earthlink.net and earthlink.com... >in a sesnse, a "Net Embargo"....Please configure your network to deny all >connections from Earthlink.net and Earthlink.com. I don't know, Bob... It sounds, at a great distance, like a personal dispute between a couple of tekkies. I would hate to boycott Earthlink simply because they're run by a Scientologist. I have my own problems with the Church of Scientology, but I've always believed that tolerance begins (and ends) with the ability to tolerate the intolerant. That's the real test. And I'd resent it deeply if I they started boycotting me because I was raised a Mormon. Yrs, John Perry **************************************************************** John Perry Barlow, Cognitive Dissident Co-Founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation Home(stead) Page: http://www.eff.org/~barlow Message Service: 800/634-3542 Barlow in Meatspace Today: Salt Lake City Coming soon to: Pinedale, Wyoming 6/19-24, Utah Deserts 6/23-7/2, Dusseldorf 7/3-5, Sophia Antipolis, France 7/6-7, New York City 7/8-10, Pinedale, Wyoming 7/10-14, Mallorca 7/15-16... In Memoriam, Dr. Cynthia Horner, Jerry Garcia, and Timothy Leary ***************************************************************** When I die, I want to go peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and terrified like the passengers in his car.